Lyster Charles Irwin ORMSBY

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ORMSBY, Lyster Charles Irwin

Service Number:	6311
Enlisted:	17 January 1916, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Molong, New South Wales, Australia, 1885
Home Town:	Woollahra, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Publisher
Memorials:	Bondi Surf Bathers' Life Saving Club WW1 Pictorial Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

17 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6311, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
9 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 6311, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
9 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 6311, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
1 Aug 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6311, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to obesity

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Charles Irwin Ormsby and Louise Harriet (Louie) Ormsby of Woollahra NSW.

Brother of Rolfe Valentine Irwin Ormsby MM who returned to Australia on 20 August 1919 having served with the 9th Field Ambulance

Commenced return to Australia on 12 May 1918 aboard HT Ruahine disembarking on 5 July 1918

Medal: British War Medal

Husband of Agnes Yuys Ormsby nee Tatham of Moncur Street, Woollahra, NSW

In 1940 he owned his own businee, Lyster Ormsby Fine Arts and Auctioneers, Hunter Street, Sydney, NSW.

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