Ellis John ORCHARD

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Service Number:	6956
Enlisted:	6 December 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	5th Divisional Signal Company
Born:	Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Kensington, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Shop Assistant
Died:	MacLeod, Victoria, Australia, 1973, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Banksia, Wall D, Niche 259
Memorials:

6 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 6956, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
1 Mar 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 6956, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
1 Mar 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 6956, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
1 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 5th Divisional Signal Company
12 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 6956, 5th Divisional Signal Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to a fractured jaw (accidental)

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Preferred name John.

Son of William Henry Orchard and Agnes Jane Orchard nee Thompson of Gower Street, Kensington, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 22 May 1919 aboard HT Durham disembarking on 21 July 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 10 Octobe 1936 Ellis married Elizabeth Alice Evans in Victoria.