Ormond
William
(Orm)
Pleasents
MC
Born in Euroa, Victoria (Australia)
Ancestors 
Husband of
Florence K (Butler) Pleasents
— married
1945 in Marylebone, Middlesex, England
[children unknown]
Died
at age 63
in Margate, Kent, England
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Mar 2019
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Biography
Ormond William "Orm" Pleasents MC was born in 10th November 1882 at Euroa, Victoria (Australia). He was the son of William Pleasents and Ada Watt.[1] He found employment as a bank accountant.
Ormond served in South Africa during the Second Boer War as a bugler with the 1st Victorian Mounted Rifles.[2]
In 1907, Ormond played one Australian Rules football match with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Orm Pleasents MC is an Anzac who served in World War One.
He was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Australian Imperial Force on 16th December 1914. Embarking on 3rd February 1915 aboard HMAT A13 Katuna with the second reinforcements for the 4th Light Horse Regiment he served at Gallipoli.[3] Ormond was promoted to Captain on 5th July 1916 and transferred to the 13th Light Horse Regiment.[4] The 13th was used in a more-traditional cavalry role on the Western Front and became known in November 1917 as the Australian Corps Cavalry Regiment. Ormond was awarded the Military Cross (MC) on 5th November 1918 for 'conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty near Angre ...'; gazetted in London 2nd April 1919 on page 4336 at position 18.[5] Ormond returned to Australia 1st July 1919.[6]
Ormond married Florence Butler in 1945 at Marylebone, Middlesex, England.[7]
He passed away, aged 59 years, on 30th September 1946 at Margate, Kent, England.[8]
Sources
- ↑ Victoria Birth Index #22889/1882
- ↑ Australian War Memorial nominal roll: 10 Bugler Ormond William Pleaents; accessed 22 Mar 2019
- ↑ Australian War Memorial embarkation roll: 754 Lieutenant Ormond William Pleasents; accessed 22 Mar 2019
- ↑ Australian War Memorial unit record: 13th Light Horse Regiment; accessed 22 Mar 2019
- ↑ Australian War Memorial Honours and Awards: Military Cross; accessed 22 Mar 2019; note name listed as Osmond
- ↑ AIF Project: Ormond William Pleasents; accessed 22 Mar 2019
- ↑ UK FreeBMD Marriage Index Sep qtr 1945, vol 1a, page 1546
- ↑ UK FreeBMD Death Index Dec qtr 1946, vol 5b, page 734; registered at Thanet, Kent
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Categories: 1st Battalion, Victorian Mounted Rifles | 4th Light Horse Regiment, Australian Imperial Force, World War I | 13th Light Horse Regiment, Australian Imperial Force, World War I | Gallipoli Campaign | Military Cross | 1914-1915 Star | British War Medal | Victory Medal | Euroa, Victoria | Anzacs, World War I