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Service Number:	6562
Enlisted:	17 April 1916, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 1874
Home Town:	Southern Cross, Yilgarn, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Teamster
Died:	Southern Cross Hospital, Western Australia, 4 August 1941, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Southern Cross Cemetery
Memorials:

17 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6562, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
13 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6562, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
13 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6562, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Suffolk, Fremantle
22 Dec 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6562, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit

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Son of William Orr and Phoebe Orr nee Wells of Footscray, Victoria.

During 1918c Walter married Mary Annie Davies in Perth, WA

Commenced return to Australia on 19 October 1917 aboard HT Port Lyttleton

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal