Joseph Robert ORRELL

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Service Number:	976
Enlisted:	26 February 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Liverpool, England, 5 December 1885
Home Town:	Liverpool, Fairfield, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, 16 December 1949, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Section 15, Zone D, Grave 2583. Interred on 17 December 1949
Memorials:

26 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 976, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
12 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 976, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
12 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 976, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney
18 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 976, 17th Infantry Battalion, Gassed. Invalided to England on 25 April 1918
17 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 976, 17th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to gassing

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Son of John Ralph Orrell and Mary Orrell of Westminster Road, Kirkdale, Liverpool, England.

Previously served with the Natal Rangers, South Africa which was disbanded four months after he enlisted.

Commenced return to Australia on 1 April 1919 aboard HT Shropshire disembarking on 16 May 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney.

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