Canadian ice hockey player Ice hockey player
Wallace Orchard | |||
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Born |
(1890-08-20)August 20, 1890 Saint-Lambert, Quebec, Canada | ||
Died |
June 2, 1917(1917-06-02) (aged 26) Grévillers, France | ||
Position | Left wing | ||
Played for |
Montreal AAA Montreal Victorias | ||
Playing career | 1908–1915 |
Wallace Ernest Orchard (August 20, 1890 – June 2, 1917) was a Canadian amateur ice hockey left wing who played for Montreal AAA.
Military service
On January 18, 1916, a year and a half after the outbreak of the First World War, Orchard enlisted in the Royal Naval Air Service. He was noted as a "good steady pilot" and was commissioned as a temporary flight sub-lieutenant in August.
On June 2, 1917, Orchard, stationed with No. 3 Squadron on the Western Front, took off in a Sopwith Pup biplane to intercept German aircraft reported in the area. While mounting an attack on one German plane, he was wounded in the face and subsequently returned to his squadron's airfield. Approximately 200 feet (61 m) above the airstrip, Orchard's aircraft's engine failed, causing the aircraft to crash. The severely wounded Orchard was recovered and transported to No. 1 Field Dressing Station at Beugny, then to the 29th Casualty Clearing Station in Grévillers, where he died of his wounds. Orchard is buried at the Grevillers British Cemetery.
Career statistics
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1908–09 | Montreal AAA | CAHL | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
1914–15 | Montreal Victorias | Mtl CSHL | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
Career totals | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
References
- ^ "Wallace Orchard - Profile". SIHR. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
- ^ "Page 184: Wallace Ernest Orchard". National Archives. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
- "Casualty Details: Wallace Ernest Orchard". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
- 1890 births
- 1917 deaths
- People from Saint-Lambert, Quebec
- Sportspeople from Montérégie
- Canadian ice hockey left wingers
- Montreal Hockey Club players
- Montreal Victorias players
- Royal Naval Air Service aviators
- Royal Navy officers of World War I
- Royal Naval Air Service personnel of World War I
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- Aviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents in France
- Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1917