John Thomas ORCHARD

ORCHARD, John Thomas

    Service Number: 2030
    Enlisted: 22 July 1915, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 21st Infantry Battalion
    Born: Donald, Victoria, Australia, 1870
    Home Town: Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 27 March 1949, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Ballarat New Cemetery and Crematorium, Victoria
    Church of England F, Section 18, Grave 1. Interred on 29 March 1948. Commemorated in the Ballarat Avenue of Honour with a plaque and a Quercus Palustris tree. Commemorated in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance
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    World War 1 Service

    22 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2030, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
    26 Aug 1915: Involvement Private, 2030, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
    26 Aug 1915: Embarked Private, 2030, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne
    22 Feb 1916: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2030, 21st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to rheumatism

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of John Orchard and Sarah Janes Orchard nee Groves of Donald, Victoria.

    Husband of Mary Irene Orchard nee Griffin of Havelock Street, Ballarat, Victoria. John and Mary married during 1893 in Victoria. Father of Lilian Bertha Orchard, Ernest Richard Orchard, John Thomas Orchard and Edwin Edward Orchard.

    Returned to Australia on 3 March 1916 aboard HT Argyllshire

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

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