William ORR

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Service Number:	528
Enlisted:	3 January 1916, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	34th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dookie, Victoria, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Tram Conductor
Died:	Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia, 27 June 1961, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW James Cook Pavilion, Wall D, Position 52
Memorials:

3 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 528, 36th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
13 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 528, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
13 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 528, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney
7 Jun 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 528, 36th Infantry Battalion, Multiple shrapnel wounds, Embarked for England on 29 July 1917 aboard HS Pieter de Conick
19 Apr 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 34th Infantry Battalion, From 36th Battalion
14 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 528, 34th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Samuel Orr and Sarah Orr nee Gunn of Dookie, Victoria later of Albert Street, Footscray, Victoria.

During 1916c William married Veronica Melinda Ogilvie in Paddington, NSW. Address at the time of enlistment was lenview Street, Paddington, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 11 May 1919 aboard HT Borda disembarking on 27 June 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Post war he was a member of the Maroubra RSL Sub Branch and is believed to have been awarded Life Membership