Osborne John Orr | |
Birth Date: | 15 July 1895 |
Placeofburial Label: | Arras Flying Services Memorial |
Placeofburial: | Pas de Calais, France |
Birth Place: | Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada |
Death Place: | Vicinity of Termonde |
Allegiance: | British |
Branch: | Flying service |
Rank: | Lieutenant |
Unit: | No. 204 Squadron RAF |
Awards: | Distinguished Flying Cross |
Lieutenant Osborne John Orr (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.
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/
Scully, Angus. In Our Youth: The Lives, Adventures, and Sacrifices of Early Canadian Flyers.Heritage House Publishing, 2022. Victoria and Vancouver, British Columbia.