MORLEY, Cecil Coates
| Service Number: | 2922 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 September 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 8 June 1892 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carter |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 20 November 1925, aged 33 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot 10-34-5 |
| Memorials: | New Farm St Michael & All Angels Anglican Church WWI Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2922, 47th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 27 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2922, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2922, 47th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Brisbane | |
| 4 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2922, 45th Infantry Battalion , Medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Cecil Coates Morley enlisted on the same day as his brother, John Herbert 'Jack' Morley and they were given consecutive regimental numbers as members of the 47th Battalion.
2922 Private John Herbert Morley 47th Battalion was killed in action at Dernancourt on 28 March 1918. Cecil was badly wounded at the same place a few days later. He was evacuated to England with shrapnel wounds to his shoulder and face. He was returned to Australia and discharged medically unfit in July 1919.
Cecil Morley died at his parents home in New Farm, Brisbane, Queensland in November 1925, at only 33 years of age.
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