Allan James ORR

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Service Number:	54967
Enlisted:	31 January 1918, Enlisted at Ballarat
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	59th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dunnstown, Victoria, Australia, 19 May 1900
Home Town:	Haddon, Golden Plains, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 4 August 1982, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Ballarat New Cemetery and Crematorium, Victoria Lawn F, Row 32, Grave 13. Commemorated in the Ballarat Avenue of Honour with a Populus Nigra Italica tree and a plaque
Memorials:

31 Jan 1918:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 54967, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, Enlisted at Ballarat
5 Jun 1918:	Involvement Private, 54967, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
5 Jun 1918:	Embarked Private, 54967, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, RMS Orontes, Sydney
13 Aug 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion, From Re-enforcements
17 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 54967, 59th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of James Allan Orr and Catherine Mary Orr nee O"Farrell of Haddon, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 5 September 1919 aboard HT Plassy disembarking on 25 October 1919

Medal: British War Medal

During 1921c Allan married Mary Evelyn Isabel Coombs in Victoria