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Andrew Graham ORMISTON

Regimental number714
Place of birthEdinburgh Castle, Scotland
SchoolJuniper Green School, Midlothian, Scotland
Age on arrival in Australia14
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
Addressc/o Mrs Ormiston, "Greenslopes", Logan Road, Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs C Ormiston, Logan Road, Brisbane, Queensland
Previous military serviceServed in the Senior Cadets, Territorial Force, Scotland; and in the Senior Cadets, East Brisbane, Qld.
Enlistment date26 January 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll26 February 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 29 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll25th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularKnown in his battalion as "Mass" owing to him being the youngest in the battalion when leaving Brisbane. Was present at the evacuation of Gallipoli, December 1915. (details from father)
FateKilled in Action 27 May 1918
Age at death20.8
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialRibemont Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row G, Grave No. 5), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
105
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of Thomas and Christina Ormiston, Ipswich Road, Brisbane, Queensland
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 1092 Sergeant John Wightman ORMISTON, 25th Bn, killed in action, Villers-Bretonneux, France, 17 July 1918; 141 Pte David Wightman ORMISTON, 49th Bn, died of wounds, 5 April 1918.

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