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Private WILLIAM GREY ORNSBY

Service Number: 3163
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Pioneers

2nd

Date of Death

Died 11 October 1917

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY

II. M. 14.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of John Grey Ornsby and Elizabeth Anne Ornsby, of "Woodleigh," Gormanston Rd., Moonah, Tasmania. Native of England.
  • Personal Inscription OUR DARLING BOY EVER REMEMBERED LORD GRANT HIM EVERLASTING PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1658
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