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ORR, Thomas Alexender
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 226 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 December 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Cambelltown, Scotland, 1871 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 13 December 1924, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 2 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 226, Mining Corps, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
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| 20 Feb 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 226, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 226, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 20 Dec 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), From Mining Corps | |
| 5 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 226, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 1st Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Next of kin given as his sisiter Mary Garvie Orr address unknown.
Commenced return to Australia as an invalid on 31 March 1919 aboard HT Khyber disembarking on 18 May 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal