Arthur Robert ORCHARD

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ORCHARD, Arthur Robert

Other Name:	Orchard, Arthur Robert Worsley
Service Number:	266
Enlisted:	10 October 1914
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Field Ambulance
Born:	Worrolong, South Australia, 19 October 1887
Home Town:	Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Porter, S.A.R.
Died:	Tuberculosis, Bedford Park Sanatorium, South Australia, 17 June 1918, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	West Terrace Cemetery (General) General - Road 5 - 22 - 36E (GRM/5*). Commemorated with a plaque in the SA Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, S.A. Railway Goods Dept. Mile End Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

10 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 266, 2nd Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 266, 2nd Field Ambulance, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
25 Jul 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 266, 2nd Field Ambulance, Discharged at the 4th Military District due to Tuberculosis
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Private, 266

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Woorolong, SA is part of Mount Gambier, SA

On page 53 of the Attestation file hiis brother wrote that Arthur had been christened as Arthur Richard Orchard but had served as Arthur Robert Orchard aka Arthur Robert Worsley Orchard.

Son of Robert Orchard and Emma Margaret Orchard nee Thomson of Mount Gambier, SA

Returned to Australia aboard HT Euripides disembarking on 5 August 1916

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

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