Osborne Orr
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Osborne John Orr | |
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| Born | 15 July 1895 Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada |
| Died | 23 October 1918 (aged 23) Vicinity of Termonde |
| Arras Flying Services Memorial | Pas de Calais, France |
| Allegiance | British |
| Service/ | Flying service |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Unit | No. 204 Squadron RAF |
| Awards | Distinguished 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]
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- ^ 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) - ^ "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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