Arthur Garfield ORGILL

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ORGILL, Arthur Garfield

Service Number:	675
Enlisted:	19 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Dandenong, Victoria, Australia., 1887
Home Town:	Dandenong, Greater Dandenong, Victoria
Schooling:	Dandenong State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 11 April 1917
Cemetery:	Vaulx Hill Cemetery INSCRIPTION IN MEMORY OF THE BELOVED SON OF MR. & MRS. ORGILL OF DANDENONG Grave II.G. 21.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dandenong Shire Roll of Honour, Dandenong St James' Anglican Church Roll of Honour, Dandenong State School 1403 Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

19 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 675, 29th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
10 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 675, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
10 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 675, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
3 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Pioneer Battalion, From 29th Battalion. At Tel-el-Kebir

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Sergeant Orgill, 5th Australian Pioneers was 29 and the son of Sarah Ann and the late Henry Orgill.

Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Brother of Percy James Orgill who was returned to Australia on 20 August 1919 having served with the 29th Battalion; Ernest Alfred Orgill who was killed in action on 23 March 1917 while serving with the 23rd Battaiion and is buried in the Beaumetz Cross Roads Cemetery, Row A, Grave 43.

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

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