Merion Morton MORIARTY

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MORIARTY, Merion Morton

Service Number:	1949
Enlisted:	2 November 1915, Holsworthy, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	55th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Young, New South Wales, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Yass, Yass Valley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Law Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 March 1918
Cemetery:	Somer Farm Cemetery Special Memorial 3, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Yass & District WW1 Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

2 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1949, 55th Infantry Battalion, Holsworthy, NSW
23 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 1949, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Barambah embarkation_ship_number: A37 public_note: ''
23 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 1949, 55th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Barambah, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Merion Morton MORIARTY was born in Young, New South Wales in 1892

His parents were Merion MORIARTY & Annie Isabel MORTON who married in NSW in 1889 (registered in Goulburn)

He enlisted in Holdsworthy on 2nd November, 1915 & embarked with the 55th Infantry Battalion, 3rd reinforcements on the HMAT Barambah from Sydney on 23rd June, 1916

Merion was Killed in Action in Belgium on 12th March, 1918 & is buried in the Somer Farm Cemetery - his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Memorial in Ypres, Flanders

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