Thomas Edward ORCHARD

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Other Name:	Orchard, Thomas Edwin
Service Number:	3983
Enlisted:	26 July 1915, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motor Mechanic
Died:	Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia, November 1966, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Church of Engalnd, Compartment P, Section 19, Position 4, Interred on 15 November 19166. Under the name of Thomas Edwin Orchard
Memorials:	Bendigo Church of Christ and Bible School WWI Honor Roll, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor

26 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3983, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria
8 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 3983, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
8 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 3983, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Melbourne
6 Jun 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3983, 21st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to chronic rheumatism

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Registered at birth as Thomas Edwin Orchard but served as Thomas Edward Orchard

Son of Stephen Edward Orchard and Isabel Jane Orchard nee Lamb of Mount Korong Road, Iron Bark, Bendigo, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 13 February 1917 aboard HT Ulysses disembarking under 12 April 1917

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

During 1929c Thomas married Ethel May Royals in Victoria as Thomas Edwin Orchard when remarrying he did so as Thomas Edward Orchard.