Walter MORLEY

MORLEY, Walter

    Service Number: 689
    Enlisted: 4 September 1914, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 11th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Echuca, Victoria, Australia, 1885
    Home Town: Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Tramway Conductor
    Died: Died of wounds, At sea on board HMT Lutzow, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 28 April 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave, buried at sea Panel 34, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boulder Goldfields First Enlistments WWI Roll of Honor, Boulder K.E.T. Workers Roll of Honor, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    4 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 689, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
    2 Nov 1914: Involvement Private, 689, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
    2 Nov 1914: Embarked Private, 689, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Address at the time of enlistment was Hanbury Street, Kalgoolie, WA

    Son of George Morley and Margaret Morley nee Harris of Echuca, Victoria

    Next of kin given as his sister P. Kinninmont of Murray Street, Perth, WA. Also brother of George Alfred Morley of Melbourne later of QLD and Eva Morley of Sydney

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Served with the Victorian Rangers for 5 years

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