James John ORR

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Service Number:	2264
Enlisted:	10 September 1914, Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	57th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Glasgow, Scotland, 10 May 1885
Home Town:	Gisborne, Macedon Ranges, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Platelayer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 25 April 1918, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

10 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2264, 11th Infantry Battalion, Blackboy Hill, WA
25 Apr 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 2264, 57th Infantry Battalion

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Adopted son of Mrs. Agnes McCREADIE, 5 Raise Street , Saltscoats, Ayrshire, Scotland

Brother of Mrs. A.M. WHITELAW, 68 Jacqueline Street, Chelsea Greer, London, Ontario, Canada