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ORR, Basil Roy
Personal Details
Service Number: | 3103 |
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Enlisted: | 9 October 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Sydney, New South Wales Australia , 1892 |
Home Town: | Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Public Accountant |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
9 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3103, 35th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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24 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 3103, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
24 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 3103, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney | |
16 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3103, 35th Infantry Battalion, Gassed. Invalided to England on 20 April 1918 | |
10 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3103, 35th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Robert T. Orr and Rachel Orr of Waverley Street, Waverley, NSW.
Prior to enlisting Basil was a member of the Waverley Rifle Club.
Commenced return to Australia on 31 July 1918 aboard HT Malta disembarking on 29 September 1918
During 1924c Basil married Vera M. Bowron in Waverley, NSW