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Service Number:	2711
Enlisted:	24 May 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Airerie, Lanarkshire, Scotland, 1892
Home Town:	Port Adelaide, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Seaman
Memorials:

24 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2711, 50th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
23 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2711, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
23 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2711, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Adelaide
10 Jun 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2711, 50th Infantry Battalion, Multiple wounds. Embarked for England on 16 June 1917 aboard HS St. David
7 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2711, 50th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District

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Son of Thomas Orr and Agnes Orr of Thorley Cottages, Boness, Scotland later of Vancouver, Canada

Commenced return to Australia on 15 June 1919 aboard HT Swakopmund disembarking on 30 July 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal