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ORCHARD, Gilbert Audinwood
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 813 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1914, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 20 November 1882 |
| Home Town: | Northam, Northam, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Surveyor's Assistant |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, 29 April 1915, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 34 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Northam Fallen, Northam Memorial Hospital |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 813, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 2 Nov 1914: | Involvement Private, 813, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1914: | Embarked Private, 813, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of James Orchard and Annie Maria Orchard nee Murphy of North Adelaide, SA. Brother of Annie Maria Willis nee Orchard, Bernard Garth Turner Orchard, Beatrice Flora Louisa Orchard, Emily Barbara Eleanora Orchard, Edward Maurice Orchard and Geoffrey Duncan Orchard
Next of kin given as his sister Trixie Orchard of 8 Kings Park Road, Perth, WA
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal