Cuthbert Donald ORR

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Service Number:	894
Enlisted:	24 December 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	42nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	North Pine River, Queensland, Australia, 21 June 1879
Home Town:	Beaudesert, Scenic Rim, Queensland
Schooling:	State Schools, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Engineer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 12 August 1918, aged 39 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 42nd Infantry Battalion AIF Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Wallumbilla Cenotaph

24 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 894, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
5 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 894, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
5 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 894, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as Beaudesert, QLD

Son of Richard Binney Orr and Margaret Ann Orr nee Bethune of Wallumbilla, QLD.

Apprenticed to Warwick Foundary, West France for five years

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal