Morris Bartholomew HAMBROOK

HAMBROOK, Morris Bartholomew

    Service Number: Officer
    Enlisted: 14 August 1915, Melbourne
    Last Rank: Lieutenant
    Last Unit: 7th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Glengarry, Victoria, Australia, 31 January 1883
    Home Town: Glengarry, Latrobe, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: School Teacher
    Died: Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 16 December 1942, aged 59 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Warringal Cemetery, Victoria
    Roman Catholic BA, Grave 41
    Memorials: Glengarry War Memorial, Rosedale Shire Honour Roll
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    World War 1 Service

    14 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 7th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne
    19 Feb 1917: Embarked 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne
    19 Feb 1917: Involvement 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
    30 Sep 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 7th Infantry Battalion
    4 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 7th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge, GSW abdomen, right thigh and buttock (severe)
    24 Jan 1918: Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 7th Infantry Battalion, HS Dunluce Castle, England and transferred to HS Karoola at Capetown for return to Australia medically unfit - arriving 10 March 1918.
    27 Jun 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 7th Infantry Battalion

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    Biography contributed by Sandra Barry

    Morris was the son of Stephen Hambrook and Alice Hambrook nee Duke.

    In 1920 Morris married Mary Alice Ita Humphrey.

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