Alfred George ORR

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ORR, Alfred George

Service Number:	2238
Enlisted:	11 September 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	3rd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Echuca, Victoria, Australia, 1887
Home Town:	Mildura, Mildura Shire, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, 19 April 1967, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Dodonaea, Wall D, Niche 57. Cremation service held on 21 April 1967
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World War 1 Service

11 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 2238, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
19 Sep 1914:	Involvement Driver, 2238, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
19 Sep 1914:	Embarked Driver, 2238, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Geelong, Melbourne
15 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, From 3rd Field Artillery Brigade
24 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , From 1st Divisional Ammunition Column
25 Jan 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 2238, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John Orr and Priscilla Rebecca Orr nee Rundle of Echuca, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 24 September 1918 from Taranto, Italy aboard HT Kaiser-a-Hind then transhipped in England aboard HT Devon on 16 October 1918 disembarking in Melbourne on 23 November 1918

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1914c Alfred married Elvina Florinence Lillian Davis in Melbourne

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