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MORGAN, William Black Stewart

Service Number:	245
Enlisted:	11 August 1914, Sydney
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	55th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dennistoun, Glasgow, Scotland, 29 October 1879
Home Town:	Bondi, Waverley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Whitehill Senior Secondary School, Glasgow, Scotland and Manchester Technical School, England
Occupation:	Engineer
Died:	Natural causes, Rose Bay, New South Wales, Australia, 14 July 1935, aged 55 years
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Cremated
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World War 1 Service

11 Aug 1914:	Enlisted Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, 245, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, Sydney
19 Aug 1914:	Involvement Private, 245, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
19 Aug 1914:	Embarked Private, 245, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, HMAT Berrima, Sydney
15 Apr 1915:	Discharged Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, 245, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
30 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1
16 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion
14 Apr 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
21 Jul 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 55th Infantry Battalion
1 Oct 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 55th Infantry Battalion
8 Jun 1917:	Honoured Military Cross, For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during the attack at Doignes on 2 April 1917 by leading his men under heavy frontal and enfiled fire against an enemy outpost and then the main line - capturing both positions and later setting a fine example to his men when consolidating the position under heavy artillery fire.
8 May 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 55th Infantry Battalion, Gassed
10 May 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 55th Infantry Battalion, HT Wahehe, England for return to Australia with wife - disembarking Sydney 1 July 1919
12 Jan 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 55th Infantry Battalion

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