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ORR, John Edward
Personal Details
| Service Number: | NX68977 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 March 1941, Paddington, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Westerhope, Newcastle on Tyne, England, United Kingdom, 6 November 1903 |
| Home Town: | Islington, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer - Commonwealth Steel Company |
| Died: | Illness - Beri Beri whilst Prisoner of War, Burma, 18 October 1943, aged 39 years |
| Cemetery: |
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) A8.B.10 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX68977 | |
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| 5 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX68977, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion, Paddington, NSW |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of James Edward and Mary Elizabeth Orr, of Westerhope, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England.
HE GAVE HIS LIFE FREELY
Arrived in Australia about 1928.
The parents of Corporal J. E. Orr, 2/30th Battalion, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Orr, 68 Beaumont Street, Westerhope, Newcastle-on-Tyne, have been notified of his death in Burma on October 19, 1943. He was employed at Commonwealth Steel Company, prior to his enlistment and lived at No. 3 Fern Street, Islington.
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