Regimental number | 24/1454 |
Address | Warea, Taranaki |
Marital status | Single |
Next of kin | Father, John W Orr, Taumarunui |
Rank on embarkation | Rifleman |
Enlistment status | Volunteer |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Reinforcements, F Company |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on |
Members of F Company, 2nd Reinforcements, left New Zealand on board two ships, HMNZT 35 'Willochra' and HMNZT 36 'Tofua'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked. | |
Medals |
Military Medal 'Action: Flers 15th, 16th and 17th September 1916. This man acted as a battalion runner on the 15th and 16th September, and succeeding days. He repeatedly carried messages and orders to companies during the progress of an attack. He displayed the utmost contempt of danger and the greatest possible devotion to duty, passing and repassing through the enemy's barrage, and though more than once blown over by the explosions of shells close to him, he pluckily stuck to his duty throughout.'
Source: London Gazette Date: |
Miscellaneous details | Nominal Roll Vol. 1: F Company/2nd Rfts of 2nd NZRB |
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