MORRIS, George Alfred
| Service Number: | 1149 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ultimo, New South Wales, Australia, 7 June 1889 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fitters' Labourer at Ultimo Power House |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 22 July 1916, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Pozières British Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 1149, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 1149, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 22 Jul 1916: | Involvement 1149, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1149 awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Company Sergeant Major awm_died_date: 1916-07-22 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
George Alfred MORRIS (Service Number 1149) born at Ultimo on 7th June 1889. He joined the Tramways as a shop boy at the Ultimo Powerhouse in December 1908. He progressed over the following 5½ years to fitters’ labourer. He was released from duty to join the Army in August 1914.
He was wounded at Gallipoli in 1915. He was promoted to Sergeant and subsequently to Company Sergeant Major.
He was sent to France with the 3rd Battalion in 1916. He was killed in action in July but awarded the Military Cross posthumously for:
‘conspicuous gallantry when commanding the defence of a dangerous “dead end”. He set a fine example of determination and beat off with bombs many heavy attacks by the enemy.’
He was buried in Pozières British Cemetery.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.