MORGAN, James Harold
| Service Number: | 2406 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia, May 1890 |
| Home Town: | Moree, Moree Plains, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydney Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Wounds, King George Hospital, Stamford Street, London, England, United Kingdom, 20 September 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Nunhead (All Saints) Cemetery, London England Row 52, Grave No. 32692, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Moree & District Fallen Soldiers Honour Roll, Moree ANZAC Centenary Memorial, Moree All Saints Anglican Church Honour Board, Moree Superior Public School WW1 Roll of Honour, Moree Superior Public School WW1 Roll of Honour, Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2406, 20th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 6 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2406, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2406, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Sydney | |
| 5 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2406, 20th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , SW/GSW to head DoW: King George Hospital, Stamford Street, London, England |
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The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 20th September…… Private James Harold Morgan was born at Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia in 1890. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 18th July, 1915 as a 25 year old, single, Clerk from Moree, NSW.
Private James Harold Morgan & his brother Private Herbert Keith Morgan both embarked from Sydney, NSW on HMAT Ballarat (A70) on 6th September, 1915 with the 20th Infantry Battalion, 5th Reinforcements.
Private James Harold Morgan was taken on strength of 20th Battalion from Reinforcements at Tel-el-Kebir on 19th January, 1916. He embarked from Alexandria on H.M.T. Ingoma on 18th March, 1916 & disembarked at Marseilles, France on 25th March, 1916.
Private James Harold Morgan was wounded in action in France on 5th August, 1916 at Pozieres. He was admitted to 44th Casualty Clearing Station on 6th August, 1916 with Shrapnel wounds to skull then transferred & admitted to 13th General Hospital, Boulogne, France on 8th August, 1916 with G.S.W. (gunshot wound/s) to Head. Private Morgan was reported as dangerously ill on 20th August, 1916. He was reported as seriously ill on 27th August, 1916. Private Morgan was invalided to England on 3rd September, 1916 on Hospital Ship Jan Breydel with shrapnel wounds to Skull.
Private James Harold Morgan died at 6.35 am on 20th September, 1916 at King George Hospital, Stamford Street, London, England from wounds received in action in France – G.S.W. to Head.
He was buried in All Saints Cemetery, Nunhead, Greater London, England where 27 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
[Younger brother - Herbert Keith Morgan – Enlisted 18th July, 1915. Service No. 2407. Embarked from Sydney, NSW on 6th September, 1915 with 20th Infantry Battalion, 5th Reinforcements. Returned to Australia 28th August, 1919.]
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