James ORVAD

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Service Numbers:	1142, 1917
Enlisted:	13 October 1914
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	16th Light Railway Operating Company
Born:	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, 1879
Home Town:	Kiama, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Constructional Engineer
Died:	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, 30 April 1924, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Bulli Great War Memorial, Bulli-Woonona War Memorial

13 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1142, 13th Infantry Battalion

22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 1142, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 1142, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
3 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1142, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
16 Jun 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1142, 13th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to rheumatic fever
11 Dec 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1917, Railway Unit (AIF)
11 May 1917:	Involvement Private, 1917, Railway Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
11 May 1917:	Embarked Private, 1917, Railway Unit (AIF), HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
9 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 16th Light Railway Operating Company
13 May 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 1917, 16th Light Railway Operating Company
10 Oct 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 1917, 16th Light Railway Operating Company, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit die to slightly enlarged heart

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Full name was James Jacob Orvad but served as James Orvad

Next of kin given as his sister Annie Holden of Kiama, NSW.

Apprenticed to Coldale Colliery for four years.

Returned to Australia, first time, on 20 November 1915 abourd HT Suevic

Commenced return to Australia on 13 May 1918 aboard HT Marathon disembarking on 13 June 1918

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal