Percival Leslie ORD DCM

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Service Number:	2777
Enlisted:	3 August 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mount Cole, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Mount Cole, Ararat, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Ararat, Victoria, Australia, 22 June 1968, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Cole Cemetery, Warrak, Victoria
Memorials:	Ararat Shire of Ararat WWI Roll of Honor

3 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2777, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
5 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 2777, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Moldavia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
5 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 2777, 21st Infantry Battalion, RMS Moldavia, Melbourne
26 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2777, 21st Infantry Battalion, Wound to the right foreman. Transferred to England on 30 August 1916 aboard HS Aberdonian
4 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2777, 21st Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the left arm and chest
14 Oct 1917:	Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, Citations reads: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He went forward alone under heavy fire, and entered a sap containing an officer and a party of the enemy. He threw a bomb among them, killing the officer, and brought back the remainder, thirteen in all, to his own lines. His arm was severely shattered on the way down to act as guide, but he guided in the relief and reported back on the completion of his task. London Gazette on 4 March 1918, page 2757, position 8. Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 25 July 1918, page 1591, position 23
6 Dec 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2777, 21st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as wounded

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Son of Henry Ord and Henrietta Ord nee Brown of Mount Cole, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia 5 April 1918 aboard HT Borda disembarking on 30 May 1918

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1922c Percival married Winifred Grace Allender in Victoria