William Leigh ORCHARD

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Service Number:	22653
Enlisted:	9 January 1918, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	4th Divisional Signal Company
Born:	Tennyson, Victoria, Australia, 5 December 1899
Home Town:	Hawthorn, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Engineer Student
Died:	North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 9 August 1950, aged 50 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium, Ryde, New South Wales
Memorials:

9 Jan 1918:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 22653, 1st to 5th Divisional Signal Companies, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
8 May 1918:	Involvement Sapper, 22653, 1st to 5th Divisional Signal Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
8 May 1918:	Embarked Sapper, 22653, 1st to 5th Divisional Signal Companies, RMS Osterley, Sydney
5 Feb 1919:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 4th Divisional Signal Company, From Signal Details
8 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 22653, 4th Divisional Signal Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of Joseph Orchard and Sarah Ellen Orchard nee Lee of 'Milloo', Ryeburne Avenue, Upper Hawthorn, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 12 July 1919 aboard HT City of Exeter disembarking on 24 August 1919

Medal: British War Medal

During 1926c William married Winifred Mary Mallyon in Victoria