James Samuel ORPHIN

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Service Number:	2886
Enlisted:	6 June 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	53rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Redfern, New South Wales, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Presser
Died:	Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia, 20 January 1961, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Zone E, Methodist New Section 4B, Grave 309 and is unmarked
Memorials:

6 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2886, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
30 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2886, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
30 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2886, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
3 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 53rd Infantry Battalion, From 1st Battalion
26 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2886, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of James Orphin and Rebecca Orphin nee Samuel of Young Street, Redfern, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 6 January 1919 aboard HT Bakara disembarking on 19 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney by boat

Medals: 914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1928c James married Una J. Gleeson, in Wollongong, NSW