William John ORMANDY

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Service Numbers:	3526, V500313
Enlisted:	28 August 1915, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia, 5 May 1890
Home Town:	Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clicker
Died:	Kew, Victoria, Australia, 29 April 1983, aged 92 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremated on 4 May 1983 with the ashes being collected
Memorials:	Glen Innes & District Soldiers Memorial

28 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3526, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
3 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 3526, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
3 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 3526, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
8 Jun 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3526, 26th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the scalp.
29 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3526, Second occasion. Wound to the thigh. Embarked for England on 7 August 1916 aboard HS Newhaven
11 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3526, 26th Infantry Battalion, Third occasion. Wound to the head
21 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3526, 26th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District

7 Aug 1942:	Enlisted V500313

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as Margaret Street, Toowoomba, QLD

Son of James Ormandy and Elizabeth Ormandy nee Watkins of Grey Street, Glen Innes, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 11 May 1919 aboard HT Borda disembarking on 27 July 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1930c William married Catherine Hilda Mary Rigney in Victoria

Served in WW2 from 7 August 1942 to 8 March 1946 as a Chaplain. Service number V500313