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Service Number:	3899
Enlisted:	16 March 1917, Enlisted at Townsville, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Londonderry, Ireland, 1875
Home Town:	Townsville, Townsville, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 5 August 1935, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot reads: 10-71-7
Memorials:

16 Mar 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3899, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Townsville, QLD
13 Jun 1917:	Involvement Private, 3899, 4th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
13 Jun 1917:	Embarked Private, 3899, 4th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
9 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3899, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit due to defective vision

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Address ath the time of enlistment was given as Palmer Street, Townsville, QLD

Next of kin given as his brother Samuel Orr of Londonderry, Ireland.

Commenced return to Australia on 18 July 1919 aboard HT Takada disembarking on 7 September 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

Medal: British War Medal