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Osborne John Orr
Born15 July 1895
Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Died23 October 1918(1918-10-23) (aged 23)
Vicinity of Termonde
Arras Flying Services Memorial
Pas de Calais, France
AllegianceBritish
Service / branchFlying service
RankLieutenant
UnitNo. 204 Squadron RAF
AwardsDistinguished Flying Cross

Lieutenant Osborne John Orr DFC (15 July 1895 – 23 October 1918) was a Canadian World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.[1]

He was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in the 1919 New Year Honours.[2]

References

  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20081201145040/http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/usa/orr.php. Archived from the original on December 1, 2008. Retrieved September 22, 2009. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ "No. 31098". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1919. p. 96.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/780062

Osborne Orr birth certificate http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/b9d33853-e752-4948-b0d0-d97131ff0347

Osborne Orr marriage Certificate http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/8ca3a851-98d3-49c4-944e-db480d53889d

Commonwealth War Graves Commission https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/780062/orr,-osborne-john/


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