Leslie ORR

Regimental number25298
Date of birth12 February 1895
Place of birthBoston, Massachusetts, USA
ReligionMethodist
OccupationSailor
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21.11
Height5' 7"
Weight126 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs A B Orr, 11234 Ninetieth Street, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date7 March 1916
Place of enlistmentFeatherston
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 14th Reinforcements, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, J Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 26 July 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel 3), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records		Parents: Mr & Mrs Archibald Orr, 1728 Davie Street, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 26 June 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 22 August 1916; marched into Sling Camp, 23 August 1916.

Proceeded overseas to France,26 September 1916; joined 1st Bn, Otago Infantry Regiment, in the field, 12 October 1916, and posted to 14th Company.

Admitted to No 1 NZ Field Ambulance, 31 December 1916 (diarrhoea), and transferred same day to Divisional Rest Station; rejoined Bn, 8 January 1917.

Found guilty, 22 February 1917, of disobeying standing orders and neglect of duty: forfeited 10 days' pay gross.

Admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance, 19 May 1917; discharged to duty, 25 May 1917, and rejoined unit same day.

Attached to 1st Field Company, NZ Engineers, 4 June 1917; rejoined unit, 28 June 1917.

Killed in action, 12 October 1917.

Burial 20 yards from Waterloo Farm reported by 2nd Corps Burial Detachment (undated); grave subsequently lost.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 34, p. 18
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 21382766