Daniel James ORCHARD

ORCHARD, Daniel James

    Service Number: 2500
    Enlisted: 11 January 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 5th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Maffra, Victoria, Australia, 1893
    Home Town: Maffra, Wellington, Victoria
    Schooling: Maffra State School, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Farm Hand
    Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium, Panel 7. Commemorated on his brother's headstone in the Maffra Cemetery.
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maffra Shire Honour Roll, Maffra St. John's Anglican Church Roll of Honour, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    11 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2500, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    16 Jul 1915: Involvement Private, 2500, 5th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
    16 Jul 1915: Embarked Private, 2500, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
    31 Jan 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Camel Corps, At Abbassia
    7 Nov 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Infantry Battalion

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Henry Charles Orchard and Margaret Jane Orchard nee Cook of JOhnson Street, Maffra, Victoria.

    Brother of George William Orchard who returned to Australia on 24 October 1917 having served with the 37th Battalion; Walter Ernest Orchard who returned to Australia on 4 January 1920 having served with the 46th Battalion.

    Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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