George Ernest ORTH

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Service Number:	4501
Enlisted:	12 December 1915, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Rhodes, Canada Bay, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Died:	Curl Curl, , New South Wales, Australia, 5 September 1970, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW
Memorials:

12 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4501, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
9 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 4501, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
9 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 4501, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Sydney
12 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 54th Infantry Battalion, From 19th Battalion
12 Aug 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Machine Gun Company, From 54th Battalion
27 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4501, 8th Machine Gun Company, Wounds to the face and neck.
16 Apr 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4501, 8th Machine Gun Company, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as wounded

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Son of George Ernest Orth and Nellie Jane Orth of Cropley Street, Rhodes, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 11 January 1918 aboard HT Port Darwin disembarking on 4 March 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

MedalsL British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1920c George married Freda Martin in Hornsby, NSW.