Hugh McLatchie ORR

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Service Number:	214
Enlisted:	14 September 1914, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Kilmarnoch, Ayrshire, Scotland, 1891
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Nedlands, Western Australia, 23 July 1980, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Midland Cemetery, Western Australia Seventh Day Adventist, Row B, Grave 0097
Memorials:	Adelaide Rowing Club WW1 Pictorial Honour Board, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

14 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 214, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 214, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Lance Corporal, 214, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
11 Apr 1917:	Imprisoned Interned at Estammlager, Limburg, Germany. Repatriated to England arriving on 22 November 1918
20 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 214, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the 5th Military District

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Son of William Orr and Elizabeth Orr nee McLatchie of Mayfields Farm, Stevenston Ayrshire, Scotland

Commenced return to Australia on 3 March 1919 aboard HT Euripidies disembarking on 10 April 1919

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1920c Hugh married Grave Victoria Swannell in Beverley. WA