Ormond Leslie Petherick (1882–1916)
Among the men recently killed in action in France was Private Ormonde Leslie Petherick, who prior to enlistment was a popular official in Messrs. Bagshaw and Sons' agricultural implement works. He left Adelaide for Egypt last October, and saw active service there. Private Petherick, who was 34 years of age, and unmarried, was born in Collingwood, Victoria, and was the fourth son of Mr. Ernest J. Petherick, of Melbourne and Sunshine. He was descended from a sea roving stock. His grandfather on his mother's side was Captain George Humphrey, of Aberdeen, and on the other his great-grand-father was Edward Jarman Petherick, R.N., who fought under Nelson in many an action, winning his Trafalgar medal on Britain's famous battleship, the fighting Temeraire.
Original publication
Additional Resources and Scholarship
- World War I service record, item B2455, PETHERICK ORMONDE LESLIE (National Archives of Australia)
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Petherick, Christina Henderson (mother)
- Petherick, Ernest James (father)
- Petherick, Edward John (brother)
- Petherick, Vernon Gordon (brother)
- Petherick, Ernest George (brother)
- Petherick, Elsie May (sister-in-law)
- Petherick, Lilian Mabel (sister-in-law)
- Petherick, Ann (sister-in-law)
- Neate, Elizabeth Ann (aunt)
- Petherick, Mary Agatha (aunt)
- Griffiths, Rosa Augusta (aunt)
- Petherick, Constance Mary (aunt)
- Petherick, Edward Augustus (uncle)
- Petherick, Alfred Eugene (uncle)
- Petherick, Eustace John (uncle)
- Petherick, Percival Edgar (uncle)
- Petherick, Julius Evan (uncle)
- Petherick, Harold Edmond (uncle)
- Petherick, Ann (grandmother)
- Petherick, Peter John H. (grandfather)
- Shearston, Audrey Lilian (niece)
- Petherick, Beatrice Henderson (niece)
- Emerson, Jean Leslie (niece)
- Waters, Mary Huntly (niece)
- Petherick, Edward Bruce (nephew)
- Petherick, Linda Gertrude (cousin)
- Griffiths, Marian Annie (cousin)
- Worth, Jessie Mabel (cousin)
- Roy, Bertha Victoria (cousin)
- Petherick, Arthur Gladstone (cousin)
- Petherick, Constance Emma (cousin)
- Cook, Mona (cousin)
- Bagshaw, John Stokes (employer)
Citation details
'Petherick, Ormond Leslie (1882–1916)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/petherick-ormond-leslie-22930/text32308, accessed 14 April 2025.
Life Summary [details]
Birth
1882
Collingwood, Melbourne,
Victoria,
Australia
Death
23 July,
1916
(aged ~ 34)
France
Cause of Death
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