Geoffrey Duncan ORCHARD

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ORCHARD, Geoffrey Duncan

Service Number:	321
Enlisted:	7 September 1914, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Port Augusta, South Australia , 25 October 1887
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Perth High School, Western Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Died of wounds , France, 15 October 1918, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Block S, Plot V, Row H, Grave 8.
Memorials:	Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Perth Employees of J.T. Glowrey Roll of Honor, Wembley Downs Hale School Honour Roll 1, Wembley Downs Hale School Memorial Grove

World War 1 Service

7 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, 321, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement 321, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked 321, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
18 Sep 1918:	Wounded 'special operation' at Beaumetz Le Verquier
15 Oct 1918:	Involvement Second Lieutenant, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-10-15

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of James Orchard and Annie Maria Orchard nee Murphy of Jamestown, SA.

Residential address at the time of enlistment was given as Irwin Street, Perth, WA

Next of kin given as his sister Kathleen Barbara Orchard C/- Draper KC, Kings Park Road, Perth, WA later of Hopkinson House, Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, England.

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

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