Jack Boyd ORR

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Service Number:	944
Enlisted:	23 November 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	8th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Artist
Died:	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 14 February 1977, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Garden of No Distant Place. Cremated on 16 February 1977
Memorials:

23 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 944, 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
2 Feb 1915:	Involvement Driver, 944, 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: ''
2 Feb 1915:	Embarked Driver, 944, 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne
14 Nov 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 8th Light Horse Regiment, From 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance
31 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 944, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of George William Orr and Margaret Orr nee Johnson of Brunning Street, St Kilda, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 3 July 1919 aboard HT Malta disembarking on 7 August 1919

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

During 1921c Jack married Rhoida Catherine Grant in Victoria