MORSHEAD, Ernest Davey
| Service Number: | 1319 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 29th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Ballarat High School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | High School Teacher |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Bethune, Nord Pas de Calais Plot I, Row K, Grave No. 74 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bathurst War Memorial Carillon, St. Arnaud High School House Captains Memorial, St. Arnaud High School Roll of Honour WWI |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1319, Depot Battalion | |
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| 21 Jul 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1319, 29th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1 | |
| 10 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1319, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1319, 29th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Sergeant E.D. Morshead was born in 1893. Did Manual Arts Course in 1913, then appointed to Ballarat East, St. Arnaud & Donald Schools as woodwork instructor. Enlisted 20th July 1915, was killed near Fromelle, France on 20th July 1916.
Biography contributed by Andreena Hockley
"Sergeant Ernest D. Morshead, son of Mrs. Morshead, Mt. Pleasant, Ballarat East, was born in 1893.
He entered the service of the Education Department as a junior teacher at the Creswick North School in 1910. He went through the Manual Arts Course in 1911-12-13, and completed it with the Trained Teacher's Certificate in Manual Arts, afterwards taking up the duties of woodwork instructor at Ballarat East, St. Arnaud, and Donald. He is recorded as an able, apt, and earnest teacher.
He enlisted on the 20th of July, 1915, and embarked as a Sergeant with the 29th Battalion on the transport Ascanius in November.
After serving in Egypt, he proceeded with his unit to France on the 23rd of June, 1916. He was killed in the fighting near Fromelles on the 20th of July."
Source: The Education Department's Record of War Service, Victoria, 1914-1919.
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