Herbert George ORFORD

ORFORD, Herbert George

    Service Number: 872
    Enlisted: 14 January 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 3rd Pioneer Battalion
    Born: Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia, 8 August 1892
    Home Town: Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
    Schooling: Calliungal North State School, Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia
    Occupation: Painter
    Died: Bentleigh, Victoria, Australia, 3 June 1967, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
    Remains interred on 6 June 1967 in Dodonaea, Wall D, Niche 112
    Memorials: Mount Morgan Calliungal North State School Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    14 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 872, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
    6 Jun 1916: Involvement Private, 872, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
    6 Jun 1916: Embarked Private, 872, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
    28 Aug 1917: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 872, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to dilated heart

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    So of George Edward Orford and Emma Louisa Orford nee Nicholls of Mount Morgan, QLD

    Husband of Ruby Orford nee Kingman of Evelyn Street, Glenlyon Road, Brunswick, Victoria. George and Ruby married on 29 March 1916. Father of Herbert David George Orford.

    Commenced return to Australia on 23 May 1917 aboard HT Ayrshire disembarking on 19 July 1917 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane

    Medal: British War Medal

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