John Ernest ORR

ORR, John Ernest

    Service Number: 4500
    Enlisted: 24 February 1916, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 28th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Tarlee, South Australia, 4 April 1882
    Home Town: Wagin, Wagin, Western Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Farmer & Grazier
    Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 1 November 1917, aged 35 years
    Cemetery: Aeroplane Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium
    Plot 11, Row C, Grave 42. Headstone inscription reads: A praise for those who fought and fell to save the Empire's name
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Darkan Honour Roll Memorial, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Pingelly Memorial Arbour Walk, Wagin & District Honour Roll, Wagin Roll of Honor, Wagin War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    24 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4500, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
    31 Mar 1916: Involvement Private, 4500, 28th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
    31 Mar 1916: Embarked Private, 4500, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Fremantle

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Robert Orr and Mary Ann Orr Stevens formerly Orr nee Draper of Narrogin, WA formerly of Tarlee, SA. 

    Brother of George Wood Orr who was kiiled in action on 10 October 1916 while serving with the 28th Battalion and is buried in the Railways Dugout Burial Ground (Transport Farm), Plot V1, Row L, Grave 7.

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

     

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