Alfred ORFORD

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Service Number:	745
Enlisted:	6 April 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brighton, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Brighton, Bayside, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 2 February 1966, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cheltenham Memorial Park, Victoria, Australia
Memorials:

6 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 745, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 745, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 745, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
30 Jun 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 745, 24th Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the right arm. Embarked for England on 13 August 1916 aboard HS Jan Breydel
22 May 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 745, 24th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of Arthur Prince Orford and Sarah Anne Orford nee Horton of Bay Street, Brighton, Victoria..

Commenced return to Australia on 13 February 1917 aboard HT Benalla disembarking on 10 April 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1919c Alfred married Hazel Doreen Orwin in Victoria

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