Wallace ORR

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Service Number:	114
Enlisted:	27 August 1914
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Sale, Victoria, Australia, 10 November 1891
Home Town:	Subiaco, Nedlands, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Subiaco, Western Australia, 9 November 1956, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Cremated. Ashes interred in Crematorium Rose Gardens, Wall J, Niche 0026. Commemorated with a plaque in Western Australia Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:	Subiaco Municipal Honour Roll, Subiaco Roll of Honour

27 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 114, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 114, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 114, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
9 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 114, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Wound to the wrist
9 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 114, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Second occasion. Wound to the hand. Transferred to England on 26 September 1915
1 Jun 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 114, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the 5th Military District as wounded

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Full name Wallace Hugh Orr but served as Wallace Orr. Address at the time of enlistment was given as Mullen Street, Subiaco, WA.

Son of Jackson Orr and Isabella Orr nee Buntine of Sale, Victoria.

Next of kin given as his brother Willliam Orr of Hay Street, Perth, WA.

Commenced return to Australia 17 March 1916 aboard HT Ascanius disembarking on 30 April 1916

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

Husband of Elise May Orr of Subiaco