Walter Charles ORR

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Service Number:	647
Enlisted:	29 September 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Murchison, Victoria, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Murchison, Greater Shepparton, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Kyabram, Victoria, Australia, 20 July 1977, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Kyabram Civil Cemetery, Victoria Presbyterian, 16, Grave 21. Commemorated with a plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

29 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 647, 2nd Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
11 May 1917:	Involvement Private, 647, 2nd Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
11 May 1917:	Embarked Private, 647, 2nd Machine Gun Company, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
16 Jan 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, From 2nd Machine Gun Company
15 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 647, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to influenza

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Son of John Russell Orr and Isabella Orr nee Wilson of Murchison, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 17 March 1919 aboard HT Plassy disembarking on 30 April 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1924c Walter married Elsie May Brown in Victoria