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Private JOHN EDWARD ORR

Service Number: NX68977
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry

A.I.F. 2/30 Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 October 1943

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

THANBYUZAYAT WAR CEMETERY

A8. B. 10.

Myanmar

Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Myanmar - photos of individual gravemarkers shared on CD by Outer Area, January 2009: Plot A8

Photographer: Outer Area

  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of James Edward and Mary Elizabeth Orr, of Westerhope, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FREELY
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Buried or commemorated at

THANBYUZAYAT WAR CEMETERY
Myanmar
Number of casualties: 3770
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