Stanley Victor ORCHARD

Badge Number: S7630, Sub Branch: Pt Augusta
S7630

ORCHARD, Stanley Victor

Service Number: 3071
Enlisted: 23 April 1918, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank: Sapper
Last Unit: 2nd Light Railway Operating Company
Born: Morgan, South Australia, 16 November 1888
Home Town: Morgan, Mid Murray, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Port Augusta, South Australia, 26 July 1961, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Port Augusta Carlton Parade Cemetery
Row 130, Grave 7. Rev. Richard Pugh officiated
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World War 1 Service

23 Apr 1918: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3071, Railway Unit (AIF), Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
17 Jul 1918: Involvement Private, 3071, Railway Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
17 Jul 1918: Embarked Private, 3071, Railway Unit (AIF), HMAT Borda, Sydney
11 Nov 1918: Involvement Sapper, 3071
16 Jan 1919: Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Light Railway Operating Company
30 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 3071, 2nd Light Railway Operating Company, Discharged at the 4th Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Richard Henry Orchard and Margaret Orchard nee Plew of Morgan, SA

Commenced return to Australia on 1 July 1919 aboard HT Karmala disembarking on 14 August 1919

Medal: British War Medal, Victory Medal