ORCHARD, Edgar Harold
| Service Number: | 2970 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 July 1915, Enlisted at Geelong, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 1883 |
| Home Town: | Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Ocean Grove, Victoria, Australia, 1962, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Geelong Shenton Methodist Church Honor Roll, Geelong Yarra Street Methodist Church Honour Roll Window |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2970, 29th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Geelong, Victoria | |
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| 4 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 2970, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 2970, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 9 Oct 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 59th Infantry Battalion, From 29th Battalion | |
| 6 Nov 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 32nd Infantry Battalion, From 59th Battalion | |
| 22 May 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 2970, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Frederick Samuel Orchard and Elizabeth Orchard nee Sherring of Geelong, Victoria
Next of kin given as Norman Orchard of Garden Street, Geelong, Victoria.
Husband of Ellen Crook Orchard nee Baldwin of 'Avondale', Gloucester Road, Chesterfield, England. Edgar and Ellen married on 26 June 1919 in the Parish Church, Chesterfield, England. Vicar James Ducker offficiated.
Commenced return to Australia on 15 November 1919 aboard HT Ormonde disembarking on 26 December 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Frederick Samuel Orchard and Elizabeth Orchard nee Sherring of Geelong, Victoria
Next of kin given as Norman Orchard of Garden Street, Geelong, Victoria.
Husband of Ellen Crook Orchard nee Baldwin of 'Avondale', Gloucester Road, Chesterfield, England. Edgar and Ellen married on 26 June 1919 in the Parish Church, Chesterfield, England. Vicar James Ducker offficiated.
Commenced return to Australia on 15 November 1919 aboard HT Ormonde disembarking on 26 December 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal