Major Bob Orr
Regina Rifle Regiment

Throughout his entire service, Major Orr has shown exceptional initiative, resourcefulness and devotion to duty. His cheerfulness and magnificent sense of humour did much in maintaining the high spirit and morale of the troops under his command. His obvious concern for them was in great contrast to his utter disregard for his own safety.

(D.S.O. citation, 22 Jan 1946)

Born on 1 May 1917 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Robert James Orr was a student at the University of Saskatchewan when he volunteered with the Regina Rifle Regiment in 1940. Overseas, he transferred to the Carleton and York Regiment, serving in the Italian theatre as a company commander from the Battle of Ortona to the Gothic Line. He rejoined the Regina Rifles in Holland in November 1944 as second-in-command.

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