MORRIS, Morgan
| Service Number: | 1504 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 November 1914, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Collie, Collie, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Elementary School; Mining Engineering |
| Occupation: | Coal Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 9 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 55, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1504, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 22 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1504, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1504, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Itonus, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia aged 20 years
Son of Mary Smith formerly Morris of Gwalia House, Wales. Last known address for Mary was Yuma Road, Arizona, USA
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Probable birth record
Births Mar 1894 Morris Morgan Pontardawe 11a 864
Morgan was born at Gwaun-cae-Gurwen, the son of John and Mary Morris. John died in 1905. Morgan then lived with his grandmother, Mary Morris, and worked as a coal miner before emigrating to live with his maternal grandparents in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1913, and his mother, Mary joined him later that year. She later re-married and became Mrs Smith. His brother, John Albert Morris also lived with their mother in Yuma, Arizona.
He then went to Australia at the age of 20, where he studied as a Mining Engineer. He resided at Raymond Street, Collie, Western Australia prior to the war, and at the outbreak of hostilities enlisted at Blackboy Hill into the 16th Battalion, Australian Infantry. The battalion moved to Egypt at the end of 1914, where it trained in preparation for a move to France. Morgan was attached to the 2nd reinforcement draft to the battalion, and embarked at Fremantle on 22 February 1915. The Australians move to France was however cancelled, and instead, the Australians were used during the landings on Gallipoli. Morgan landed with his battalion at ANZAC Cove, Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. He took part in some heavy fighting during his short time at war, and was killed in action on 9 May 1915. Morgan was 21 years old.
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