MORRIS, Edward George
| Service Number: | 194 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Dunolly, Central Goldfields, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Illness (Typhoid), Egypt, 5 June 1915, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dunolly Great War Memorial, Dunolly Memorial Pillar |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 194, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 194, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne |
Edward George 'Eddie' Morris
Born on 3 March 1875 in Dunolly, Victoria. His parents were Edward Parker & Agnes Campbell Morris née Logan
He attended Scotch College from 1890 to 1891
Eddie was a labourer when he enlisted in the AIF on 13 October 1914 at Helena Vale (Helena Valley), Western Australia
He was allocated to the 16th Battalions, A Company & was with them when they landed at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915 where they garrisoned positions at Pope's Hill
A week later he received a gunshot wound to his head above his R/eye while attacking the 'Bloody Angle' on 2 May. He survived the GSW only to die of typhoid fever contracted in hospital a month later on 5 June at the age of 40y. Eddie left behind a wife & two children
Edward Morris is buried in the Chatby Military &War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria
Submitted 17 September 2024 by James Coleman
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