John William MORITZ

MORITZ, John William

Service Number: 4651
Enlisted: 1 August 1916
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 32nd Infantry Battalion
Born: Glen Osmond, South Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town: Glen Osmond, Burnside, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Quarryman
Died: 23 August 1922, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: AIF Cemetery, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia
6 West 11
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World War 1 Service

1 Aug 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 32nd Infantry Battalion
16 Dec 1916: Involvement Private, 4651, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
16 Dec 1916: Embarked Private, 4651, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Adelaide

Pte Clem John William Moritz

From How We Served

4651 Private Clem John William Moritz of Glen Osmond, South Australia had been employed as a quarry man when he enlisted for War Service on the 1st of August 1916 at the age of 18. Allocated to reinforcements to the 32nd Battalion 1st AIF John embarked for England and further training on the 16th of December 1916.

Following this he was sent over to France where he was transferred to the 43rd Battalion and was taken on strength with his Unit in the trenches on the 24th of October 1917. By the 12th of December John had been again transferred and marched into the 11th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery and remained on duty until he was wounded in action by gas poisoning on the 26th of May 1918.

Arriving back in England on the 7th of June for hospitalization John received treatment for the gassing he had survived and following his release from hospital he was sent to a Convalescent Depot to assist in recovering from his ill health which had been caused by his time in France. John would contract influenza whilst still in England, and on the 18th of December 1918, now deemed an invalid, John was embarked for his return to Australia.

After his arrival John was further hospitalized at the 7th Australian General Hospital (Keswick), and on the 30th of April 1919 he received his discharge from the 1st AIF. Re-entering civilian life, John’s health was not to recover and on the 23rd of August 1922 at the age of 22 he succumbed to the wounds he had received during the ‘Great War’. Following his death John was formally laid to rest within West Terrace Cemetery, South Australia.

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