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Service Numbers:	197, 194
Enlisted:	5 November 1915, Enlisted at Maribyrnong, Victoria. Attestation Paper has number 197 not 194
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Remount Unit (AIF)
Born:	Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 1867
Home Town:	Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	India, May 1917, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Werribee Shire Great War Roll of Honor

5 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 197, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), Enlisted at Maribyrnong, Victoria. Attestation Paper has number 197 not 194
12 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 194, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
12 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 194, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), HMAT Orsova, Melbourne
14 Jun 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 197, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of William Orr and Phoebe Orr nee Wells of Footscray, Victoria.

Next of kin given as his brother James Aspinall Orr of Victoria Street, Footscray, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 29 April 1916 aboard HT Seeang Bee disembarking on 31 May 1916

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

Husband of May of Claredon Street, South Melbourne, Victoria