Robert William MORGAN

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Service Number:	696
Enlisted:	7 September 1914, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Leyton, England, 1882
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Newport School, Leyton, England
Occupation:	Sleeper Hewer
Died:	Wounds, At sea on board HS Sicilia, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 9 June 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, buried at sea Chaplain E. Teale officiated Panel 34, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

7 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 696, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
2 Nov 1914:	Involvement Private, 696, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1914:	Embarked Private, 696, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle

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Son of William Henry and Mary Ann Morgan of 34 Wellesley Road, Leytonstone, London, England

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

While living in England he worked in a Pawn Broker's shop

Also served in Northampton Regiment from 1901 including the Boer War and India until 1910