Andrew Isaac ORR

Badge Number: 11066, Sub Branch: Bordertown
11066

ORR, Andrew Isaac

    Service Number: 478
    Enlisted: 23 March 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Driver
    Last Unit: 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column
    Born: Mount Gambier, South Australia, 9 August 1891
    Home Town: Tarpeena, Grant, South Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Bellara Private Hospital, St. Peters, South Australia, 8 March 1973, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Bordertown Cemetery, South Australia
    Old Section, Row A, Grave 35. Cremated Centennial Park, SA
    Memorials: Penola District WW1 Roll of Honor, Penola Memorial Walk
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    World War 1 Service

    23 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 478, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    10 May 1915: Involvement Private, 478, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    10 May 1915: Embarked Private, 478, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
    4 Sep 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column
    11 Nov 1918: Involvement Driver, 478
    17 Oct 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 478, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of John Orr and Catherine (Kate) Sophia Henry Orr nee Buckingham of Tarpeena, SA.

    Husband of Kate Louisa Orr nee Scott of Norton Street, Winson Green, Burmingham, England. Andrew and Kate married on 29 November 1917 in the Registrar's Office, Birmingham, England. H Cooper, Registrar, officiated.

    Commenced return to Australia on 19 June 1919 aboard HT Windhuk disembarking on 18 August 1919

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

     

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