HAINS, Morris
Service Number: | 2150 |
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Enlisted: | 23 May 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Port Adelaide, South Australia, 31 December 1893 |
Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
Schooling: | Port Adelaide State School, Prince Alfred and Roseworthy Colleges, South Australia |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 7 August 1915, aged 21 years |
Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Special Memorial C39, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Jewish Community of South Australia Roll of Honour, Kent Town Prince Alfred College 'Nobly Striving, Nobly Fell' Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
23 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2150, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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16 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2150, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
16 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2150, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Kyle Gibbs
Morris Hains was born on 31 December, 1893 and grew up in a small house in St. Peters in Adelaide, South Australia. He was the son of John Hains and Julia Hains. Both his parents were Jewish.
Morris was 181 cm tall, had brown hair, and brown eyes. He attended Port Adelaide and Prince Alfred College and later worked as a farmer.
At the age of 21 he decided to join the AIF during World War l. He was part of the 3rd Battalion. The AIF arrived at the beach of Gallipoli on the 25 of April 1915.
On the 7 August, 1915 between 4:30 and 4:45am four waves of men including Morris Hains attacked the Turkish trenches at the Nek. They did not last long and many were killed while performing this attack. Morris Hains was killed in action on the 7th of August, 1915. Morris was aged 21. He was buried at the cemetery in Gallipoli, now called the Lone Pine Cemetery, Anzac Cove.
A letter was sent to John and Julia Hains letting them know that Morris Hains had been killed in action trying to perform an attack on the Turkish trenches. This was sent on the 4th October to 76 Harrow Road, St. Peters, Adelaide.
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John and Julia HAINS