James MORRISH

MORRISH, James

    Service Number: 2212
    Enlisted: 5 March 1916, Enlisted at Canterbury, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
    Born: Canterbury, New South Wales, 1886
    Home Town: Wentworthville, Holroyd, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Engineer Machinist
    Died: Killed in Action, Messines, Belgium, 8 June 1917
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave Panel 27, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)
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    World War 1 Service

    5 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2212, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Canterbury, NSW
    22 Aug 1916: Involvement Private, 2212, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
    22 Aug 1916: Embarked Private, 2212, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of James and Mary Jane Morrish; husband of Jessie Rose Morrish (known as Rose) of 'Neerkol', Waimea Street, Bruwood, NSW; previously 'Coolinbah' Marsden Street, Parramatta, NSW. Jessie died in 1928

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Prior to enlisted he had been employed as a Machinist at Clyde Engineering Works, Sydney, NSW

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