George James ORFORD

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Service Number:	3437
Enlisted:	20 December 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Liverpool, England, 1886
Home Town:	Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fitter
Died:	New South Wales, Australia, 1976, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Haymarket Millwright Staff Great War Honour Roll

20 Dec 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3437, 54th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
24 Jan 1917:	Involvement Private, 3437, 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
24 Jan 1917:	Embarked Private, 3437, 54th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney
1 Apr 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, From 54th Battalion
28 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3437, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of William Thomas Orford and Emma Orford of Liverpool, England.

Husband of Laura Orford nee Green of 'Iolanthe', Fitzroy Street, Marrickville, NSW. George and Laura married during 1913c in Ashfield, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 5 July 1919 aboard HT Port Melbourne disembarking on 20 August 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal