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Henry Leslie ORCHARD

Regimental number6372
Place of birthSydney New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationHairdresser
AddressAyr via Townsville, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMother, Mrs Eliza Orchard, Ayr via Townsville, Queensland
Enlistment date23 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 23 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll25th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XXXIII, Row B, Grave No. 12), Passchendaele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
105
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Richard and Eliza ORCHARD, Irvingdale Estate, Ayr, Queensland. Native of Redfern, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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