Phillip Richardson ORR

ORR, Phillip Richardson

    Service Number: 63779
    Enlisted: 30 January 1918, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    Last Rank: Gunner
    Last Unit: 3rd Field Artillery Brigade
    Born: Pymble, New South Wales, Australia, 22 August 1898
    Home Town: Pymble, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Clerk
    Died: Peppermint Grove, Western Australia, 25 May 1981, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
    Section 1C, Wall 1, Niche 0020
    Memorials: Northbridge (Shore) Sydney Church of England Grammar School Memorial Cricket Ground Roll of Honour, Pyrmont Dalgety & Company Limited Sydney Branch Staff On Active Service Roll
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    World War 1 Service

    30 Jan 1918: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 63779, Field Artillery Brigades, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    5 Jun 1918: Involvement Gunner, 63779, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
    5 Jun 1918: Embarked Gunner, 63779, Field Artillery Brigades, RMS Orontes, Sydney
    9 Dec 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , From the Field Artillery Brigade Details
    13 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 63779, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to neurasthenia

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Christian name is sometimes spelt  Philip Richardson Orr.

    Son of Hugh Harrison Orr and Margaret Orr of  'Antrim', Merrivale Street, Pymble, NSW.

    Commenced return to Australia on 31 May 1919 aboard HT Aeneas disembarking on 12 July 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

    Medal: British War Medal

    During 1927c Philip married Una Meynink in Chatswood, NSW

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