Regimental number | 5657 |
Place of birth | Ballarat, Victoria |
School | Pleasant St State School, Ballarat, Victoria |
Other training | School of Mines, Ballarat, Victoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Carpenter |
Address | 126 Lyon Street, Ballarat South, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 24 |
Next of kin | Father, James Orr, 126 Lyon Street, Ballarat South, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served in the 7th Infantry Regiment, Citizen Military Forces, Ballarat, Victoria. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Acting Corporal |
Unit name | 2nd Field Company Engineers, Reinforcement 14 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 14/21/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A54 Runic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 5th Pioneer Battalion |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium |
Age at death | 26.4 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 26 |
Place of burial | Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXII, Row C, Grave No. 3A), Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 175 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Emma and the late James ORR, 103 Lyons Street, Ballarat, Victoria |