Charles Manning ORR

ORR, Charles Manning

    Service Numbers: Not yet discovered
    Enlisted: 1 May 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    Last Rank: Major
    Last Unit: 5th Division Artillery
    Born: Paddington, New South Wales, Australia , 26 August 1884
    Home Town: Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales
    Schooling: Sydney University, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Secretary
    Died: Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia, 16 July 1921, aged 36 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Waverley Cemetery, Bronte, New South Wales
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    World War 1 Service

    1 May 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    10 Aug 1915: Involvement 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Persia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
    10 Aug 1915: Embarked 1st Field Artillery Brigade, RMS Persia, Sydney
    27 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Division Artillery , At Tel-el-Kebir
    28 May 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Division Artillery , Severe wound to the shoulder. Embarked for England from Boulogne on 8 June 1917 aboard HS St. Patrick
    10 Oct 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Major, 5th Division Artillery , Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Frederick William Orr and Mary Elizabeth Orr nee Manning of Macleay Street, Potts Point, NSW.

    Served in the Madras Guards, India for two years.

    Commenced return to Australia on 20 June 1919 aboard HT Konig Frederich August disembarking on 10 August 1919

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

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