LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class I Alan Frederick ORR
Service No: 428393
Born: Clifton Hill VIC, 10 August 1915
Enlisted in the RAAF: 10 October 1942
Unit: No. 4 School of Technical Training, Exhibition Building, North Terrace, Adelaide SA
Died: Illness, Adelaide SA, 19 May 1943, Aged 25 Years
Buried: Adelaide (Centennial Park) Cemetery, South Australia
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Alexander and Emily Orr; husband of Marjorie Agnes Orr, of Sandringham, Victoria
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 17 May 1943, Aircraftman Class I Orr, a Trainee technician, was admitted to No. 101 Australian General Hospital, Northfield, suffering from scarlet fever and he died on 19 May 1943.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/31/60