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Geoffrey Duncan ORCHARD

Regimental number321
Place of birthPort Augusta South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinSister, Miss B Orchard c/o Mr Draper Kc, 8 Kings Park Road, Perth, Western Australia
Enlistment date7 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentOrderly Room SGT
Unit name16th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal Roll2nd Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll16th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 15 October 1918
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block S, Plot V, Row H, Grave No. 8), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
80
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Annie ORCHARD. Native of Jamestown, South Australia

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