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ORCHARD, Alfred Henry Blewit
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1969 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 January 1916, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Bethungra, Junee, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 1970, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Bethungra War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1969, 56th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW | |
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| 23 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 1969, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Barambah embarkation_ship_number: A37 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 1969, 56th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Barambah, Sydney | |
| 22 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Army Signals Corps, From 56th Battalion | |
| 28 Dec 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Divisional Signal Company, From Signal Corps | |
| 7 Feb 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1969, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Alfred Ernest Orchard and Annie Jane Orchard of Bethungra, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 1 November 1919 aboard HT Nestor disembarking on 15 December 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1923c Alfred married Mary I Andison in Waverly, NSW