John Edward ORR MC

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Service Number:	164
Enlisted:	19 September 1914, Enlisted at Mount Morgan, QLD
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	4th Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 19 June 1880
Home Town:	Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Draughtsman
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 15 August 1961, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Boronia, Wall X, Niche 23.
Memorials:

19 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 164, 5th Light Horse Regiment (WW1), Enlisted at Mount Morgan, QLD
21 Dec 1914:	Involvement 164, 5th Light Horse Regiment (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
21 Dec 1914:	Embarked 164, 5th Light Horse Regiment (WW1), HMAT Persic, Sydney
26 May 1915:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1st Division Engineers , From 5th Light Horse Regiment
7 Jul 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 164, 1st Division Engineers , Multiple wounds. Transferred to England on 3 August 1915 aboard HS Glenorgan Castle
24 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 4th Pioneer Battalion, From 1st Division Engineers
30 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the back
7 May 1917:	Honoured Military Cross, Commonwealth Gazette, 169 on 4 October 1917
1 Nov 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Son of Matthew Brown Orr and Clara Orr nee McAulay of Brisbane, QLD.

Next of kin given as his sister Jean Mcleod Orr, Royal British Nurses Association, 10 Orchard Street, Oxford Street, London, England.

Commenced return to Australia on 27 July 1917 aboard HT Demosthenes disembarking on 24 September 1917 at Melbourne then overland to Brisbane

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