MORRIS, Clifford James
| Service Number: | NX89315 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 February 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd AIF Light Aid Detachments |
| Born: | Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia , 18 September 1907 |
| Home Town: | West Ryde, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carter (Small Goods) |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 25 April 1987, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 2 Service
| 18 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX89315 | |
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| 16 Aug 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX89315, 2nd AIF Light Aid Detachments, embarked Brisbane for Fall River on board the Van Heutz | |
| 9 Jun 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX89315, 2nd AIF Light Aid Detachments, embarked Lae for Brisbane on board the Sea Snipe | |
| 27 May 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX89315, 2nd AIF Light Aid Detachments, embarked Brisbane for Finschafen en route to Morotai and Balikapan on board the William Griffith | |
| 2 Dec 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX89315, 2nd AIF Light Aid Detachments, embarked Balikapan for RTA | |
| 13 Dec 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX89315 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Corporal Clifford James Morris (Service No:NX89315) enlisted in the AIF on 18 February 1942 as a Private with 5 Training Battalion, transferred to 209 Light Aid Detachment on 9 October 1943 and was promoted to Corporal - graded Mechanic - on 13 February 1943. Corporal Morris was served with 209 Light Aid Detachment in New Guinea (16 August 1943 - 4 June 1944) and Borneo (Finschafen, Morotai, Balikapan; 27 May 1945 - 2 December 1945), and was Discharged on 13 December 1945.
Born in Sydney, New South Wales in 1907, Cliff was youngest of seven children of Frederick James Morris (b1864 in Dorset, England) and Vida Marsden Alderson (b1867 in Sydney, New South Wales). Frederick was a Labourer when he immigrated in 1885, arriving in Sydney on board the Garonne. Frederick and Vida married in 1889 in Sydney, where they settled and raised their family and Frederick worked as a Traveller.
Cliff started work as a Clerk in Sydney, where in 1934 he married Lola Evelyn Mogg (b1906 in Mudgee, New South Wales) - Lola was working in Sydney as a Clerk. Cliff and Lola settled in Sydney, where they raised their family and Cliff worked as a Carter (Small Goods) before serving in the AIF. Following his Discharge, Cliff and Lola remained in Sydney, where Cliff was a Storekeeper and Produce Merchant. Cliff died in 1987 and Lola in 1989.
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