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David Andrew Orr

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    David Andrew AWMM
  • Surname
    Orr AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    Malaya 594833 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    13 January 1935 Chamberlain, Service Lives Remembered Chamberlain, Service Lives Remembered
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  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    Concrete worker/Civilian Chamberlain, Service Lives Remembered
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of John and Elizabeth Agnes Orr (nee Graham). Attended Hawera Technical High School. Source: Chamberlain, Service Lives Remembered.

    Pipe Major of the 1 NZ Regt Pipe Band 1957-59. Veteran source. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    26 March 2020 Dominion Post 5/3/21
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: Dominion Post, 5-19 March 2020 AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Robert Mckie, WO1 David Andrew Orr, RNZAOC, 28 March 2020
    https://rnzaoc.com/2020/03/28/wo1-david-andrew-orr-rnzaoc/
    Further Reference
  • References
    • 1st Battalion - New Zealand Regiment - Historical Records - General, July 1957-1959, Archives New Zealand, Wellington, ADRC 17588 2/1/1 (R17928162). AWMM
    • Clamp, B., Clamp, D., & 1st Battalion the New Zealand Regiment (1957-59) Association. (2007). 1st battalion the New Zealand regiment (1957-59) association 50th anniversary: the first of the first. B. Clamp. AWMM
    • Chamberlain, H. (1995). Service lives remembered : the Meritorious Service Medal in New Zealand and it's recipients 1895-1994. Wellington, NZ.: Author. AWMM
    • This record was partially created from Cemetery research completed by Carol Foster (2021). AWMM
    • This record was partially created from Cemetery research completed by Carol Foster (2021). AWMM
    • FARELF Nominal Roll Part 1 1958-1961 - Archives New Zealand, Wellington, CAJN CH189/Box70 41/4/11 (R21234083) AWMM

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