Harry Spencer ORKNEY MM

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Service Number:	2627
Enlisted:	17 June 1915, Perth, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	4th Divisional Signal Company
Born:	Perth, Western Australia, February 1895
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Carlisle, Western Australia, 8 February 1977, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Crematorium Rose Gardens, Garden T, Rose 0276
Memorials:	Fremantle Boan & Bros. Roll of Honour

17 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2627, Perth, Western Australia
2 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2627, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
2 Sep 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2627, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Anchises, Fremantle
3 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 48th Infantry Battalion, From 16th Battalion
19 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Divisional Signal Company, From 48th Battalion
16 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 2627, 4th Divisional Signal Company, Wound to the left forearm. Invalided to England on 1 September 1918
16 Aug 1918:	Honoured Military Medal, For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty at Morourt on the 5th August 1918. He laid and maintained telephone lines when communication was most important in an advance. He had charge of a cable detachment and cane under direct machine gum and rifle fire from a flank. He nevertheless persisted in his efforts, completed the line and returned under similar fire to re-lay portion which had been destroyed by shell fire behind him. He remained for hours continuously under heavy shelling by day and bombing by night, setting a splendid example to those under him. Commonwealth Gazette 61 on 23 May 1919
7 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 2627, 4th Divisional Signal Company

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Son of Robert Orkney and Louise Maude France formerly Orkney nee Compton of Wellington Street, Perth, WA.

Commenced return to Australia on 23 December 1918 aboard HT Bakara disembarking on 5 February 1919

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

During 1920c Harry married Louisa Margaret Joyce in Perth, WA