Arthur Boyce ORBELL

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Service Number:	16409
Enlisted:	8 February 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Field Ambulance
Born:	Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia, 20 April 1883
Home Town:	Auburn, Auburn, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Actor
Died:	Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 24 September 1929, aged 46 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Anglican, Zone C, Section 9, Grave 3075
Memorials:

8 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 16409, Army Medical Corps (AIF), Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
2 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 16409, Army Medical Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
2 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 16409, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Orsova, Sydney
25 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Field Ambulance, From Medical Corps
22 Dec 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 16409, 5th Field Ambulance, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to heart issues

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Son of Wiliam G. Orbell and Emma W. Orbell of Dubbo, NSW.

Next of kin given as his sister Emma Wheeler of Cardigan Street, Auburn, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 27 September 1917 aboard HT Suevic disembarking on 20 November 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal