Arthur ORCHARD

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Service Number:	177
Enlisted:	18 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Field Ambulance
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Northcote, Darebin, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Painter
Died:	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, March 1958, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Preston General Cemetery, Bundoora, Victoria Row N, Grave 9474. Interred on 28 March 1958
Memorials:

18 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 177, 2nd Field Ambulance, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 177, 2nd Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 177, 2nd Field Ambulance, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
21 Jan 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 177, 2nd Field Ambulance, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of Thomas Francis Orchard and Ellen Orchard nee of Normanby Avenue, Northcote, Victoria.

Prior to enlisting Arthur had served as a Bugler in the Royal Australian Navy for four years.

Commenced return to Australia on 8 October 1918 aboard HT Port Sydney disembarking on 2 December 1918

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

During 1919 Arthur married Emily Myra Strawbridge in Victoria