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Alexander Gray Orr

In memory of:

Flying Officer Alexander Gray Orr

December 23, 1943

Military Service

Service Number:

J/10951

Age:

24

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

684 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information

Son of Oscar Fitzalan Orr and Marjorie Cameron Orr, of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 200 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

MAYNAMATI WAR CEMETERY
Bangladesh

Grave Reference:

2. B. 15.

Location:

Maynamati is some 7 kilometres from the centre of Comilla, which is on the railway line linking Dhaka to Chittagong. It can be reached by train to Comilla railway station, 9 kilometres from the MAYNAMATI WAR CEMETERY, or by the Dhaka -Chittagong highway. The cemetery is 1 kilometre down the road leading from Comilla to Sylinet and a short distance past the Cantonment Military Hospital. There is a C.W.G.C. road direction sign on a roundabout at the crossroad.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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    Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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  • Photo of Alexander Orr– In memory of the students from the University of British Columbia who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Photo of Alexander Orr – In memory of the students from the University of British Columbia who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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