Billy Orchard

He married Henrietta Jessie Galbraith (1895-1966) on 21 July 1915;[3] they had three children, William, Douglas, and June.

[4] He played for the (winning) Third Australian Divisional team in the famous "Pioneer Exhibition Game" of Australian Rules football, held in London, in October 1916.

[7][8] He was a field umpire in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1920s.

In 1918 at Ypres he was awarded the Military Cross for "the efficient manner in which he (Captain Orchard) carried out his task of reorganisation and his cheerfulness under depressing circumstances that earned for him the Military Cross.

"[9] This Australian rules football biography of a person born in 1888 is a stub.

The Third Australian Divisional Team: 28 October 1916. [ 5 ] Billy Orchard is the second player from the left, in the back row.