William George ORFORD

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Service Number:	3155
Enlisted:	6 May 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 24 March 1895
Home Town:	Taringa, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bootmaker
Died:	Tuberculosis, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 6 April 1933, aged 38 years
Cemetery:	Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot reads 6-13-10. Interred on 7 April 1933. Commemorated with a plaque in the QLD Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

6 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3155, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
17 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 3155, 4th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
17 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 3155, 4th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
13 Mar 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3155, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to tuberculosis

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Son of Reuben Sinclair Orford and Harriet Anne Orford nee West of Stanley Terrace, Taringa, Brisbane, QLD.

Commenced return to Australia on 16 July 1917 aboard HT Kanowna disembarking on 13 September 1917 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane

Medal: British War Medal

William married Marion Lilian Clarke in QLD on 3 December 1928