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Military service
Service number:
H/41741
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
Birth:
March 5, 1923
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Enlistment:
May 3, 1941
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
September 11, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. E. 3.
Additional information
Son of Osmond Robert Russell and Anne Bernice Orr, of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Brother of Mrs. Allan Baker and Douglas Wilfred, who at the time of Pte Orr's death was listed as a prisoner of war. He was also his twin brother.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, France-Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and clasp.
Digital gallery of Private William Harvey Orr
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Photo of William Harvey Orr
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Entrance
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Cross of Sacrifice
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Grave marker
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Grave marker
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Correspondence
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Document
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Document
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Attestation paper
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Digital gallery of
Private William Harvey Orr
Digital gallery of
Private William Harvey Orr
Digital gallery of
Private William Harvey Orr
Digital gallery of
Private William Harvey Orr
Digital gallery of
Private William Harvey Orr
Digital gallery of
Private William Harvey Orr
Digital gallery of
Private William Harvey Orr
Digital gallery of
Private William Harvey Orr
Digital gallery of
Private William Harvey Orr
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 409 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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