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MORSE, Owen
| Service Number: | 1467 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Port Broughton, Barunga West, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Shop Assistant |
| Died: | Walkerville North, South Australia, 18 November 1953, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Enfield Memorial Park, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Port Broughton War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1467, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
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| 19 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1467, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by tony griffin
Owen Morse was the son of Joseph Henry and Ellen (nee Smith) Morse of Port Broughton. Owen was born in Adelaide in 1896. A grocers assistant, he was 18 years old when he enlisted at Oaklands on 30 November 1914.
Owen would be the first boy from Port Broughton to be invalided home.
Appointed to 3rd Reinforcements/10 Battalion Owen embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT A54 Runic on 19 February 1915 and was taken on strength with 10 Battalion on 7 May. 10 Battalion had landed at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. Owens baptism of fire would have been on 19 May when 10 Battalion repulsed a massive attack by Turkish troops. Then followed a relatively quiet period but the Australian lines were fired on by artillery on a daily basis. It was probably during one of these barrages that Owen was wounded in the chest and back. Owen was evacuated to 1 Australian General Hospital in Cairo.
On 29 August Owen embarked for discharge in Australia aboard HT Euripides and on arrival in Adelaide was admitted to 7 Australian General Hospital at Keswick. He was discharged from hospital on 22 May 1916, almost a year after he was wounded at Gallipoli. After serving for 1 year and 184 days Owen was discharged on 31 May 1916.
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