ORPWOOD, Anthony Matthew
| Service Number: | 3364 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 July 1917, Enlisted at Hobart, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 37th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Nagambie, Victoria, Australia, March 1892 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | School Master |
| Died: | New Town, Tasmania, Australia, 10 September 1973, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania Roman Catholic, Row 5, Grave 121, interred on 12 September 1973. Commemorated with a plaque in the Tasmanian Garden of Remembrance |
| Memorials: | Hobart Roll of Honour, Nagambie War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Jul 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3364, 37th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Hobart, Tasmania | |
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| 22 Dec 1917: | Involvement Private, 3364, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1917: | Embarked Private, 3364, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 30 Oct 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3364, 37th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 6th Military District as medically unfit due to neurasthenia |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Richard Orpwood and Mary Jane Orpwood nee McGorlick of 'Roseville', Nagambie, Victoria.
Address at the time of enlistment was Wellington Street, Hobart, Tasmania
Brother of George Witham Orpwood MM who returned to Australia on 29 January 1919 having served with the 46th Battalion; Richard Aloysius Orpwood who died of wounda on 2 July 1918 while serving with the 46th Battalion and is buried in the Crouy British Cemetery, Plot 111, Row C, Grave 27
Commenced return to Australia on 29 August 1918 aboard HT Medic disembarking on 11 October 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Hobart
Medal: British War Medal
On 22 September 1919 Anthony married Annie Josephine O'Neill in St. Joseph's Church, Hobart, Tasmania