ORR, Peter Clowes
| Service Number: | 1597 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 December 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Underbool, Mildura Shire, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 4 March 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension Grave reference: VI. B. 25. INSCRIPTION WE LOVED HIM IN LIFE, HE IS DEAR TO US STILL BUT IN GRIEF WE MUST BEND TO GOD'S HOLY WILL |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1597, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1597, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1597, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
There are two Girvan War Memorials-the photographs show the one at Girvan North End Parish Church which stands outside Girvan Church of Scotland North Parish Church and was erected in 1920 to the parishioners who fell in the Great War. It is in the form of the Cross of Sacrifice the names being inscribed around the base.
He appears to have had a middle name; he is shown on the Girvan War Memorial as Peter C. Orr - confimred by record on teh Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial. He was 22 and served with the 3rd Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. He enlisted at Underbool, Victoria, Australia.
He was the son of John and Mary Clowes Orr.
The inscription on his wargrave chosen by Next of Kin reads:
WE LOVED HIM IN LIFE HE IS DEAR TO US STILL BUT IN GRIEF WE MUST BEND TO GOD'S HOLY WILL
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Peter Clowes ORR was born in Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland in 1894
His parents were John ORR and Mary CLOWES
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