Ernest Walter ORCHARD

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Service Number:	2694
Enlisted:	4 July 1916, Enlisted at Sale, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Stratford, Victoria, Australia, 11 September 1896
Home Town:	Stratford, Wellington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Fairfield, Victoria, Australia, 19 June 1977, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Stratford Cemetery, Victoria Lawn - B- Grave 19
Memorials:

4 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2694, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Sale, Victoria
18 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 2694, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karroo embarkation_ship_number: A10 public_note: ''
18 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 2694, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Karroo, Melbourne
12 Dec 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 21st Infantry Battalion, Transferred from 2nd Pioneer Battalion at Forvant, France
24 Oct 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Infantry Battalion, From 21st Battalion
10 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2694, 5th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of Walter Ernest Orchard and Louisa Orchard nee Hunter of 'Blackall Creek', Stratford, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 12 June 1919 aboard HT Port Darwin disembarking on 27 July 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1929c Ernest married Doris Evelyn Freeman in Victoria