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Service Number:	2126
Enlisted:	25 August 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 30 August 1895
Home Town:	Gympie, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 30 December 1964, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
Memorials:

25 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2126, 37th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
25 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 2126, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
25 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 2126, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
27 Feb 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2126, 37th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the right shoulder
31 May 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Machine Gun Companies and Battalions, From 37th Battalion
27 Aug 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Machine Gun Battalion, From Machine Gun Details
8 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2126, 4th Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Son of Donald Orr and Margaret Orr nee Blaik of myth Street, Red Hill, Gympie, QLD,

Commenced return to Australia on 12 May 1919 abord HT Port Napier disembarking on 4 July 1919 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 15 January 1927 Thomas married Eileen Edna Stenzel