Pierce Patrick MORRISSEY

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MORRISSEY, Pierce Patrick

Service Number:	344
Enlisted:	19 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia, 9 March 1893
Home Town:	Coffs Harbour, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
Schooling:	Newcastle Boys' High School and Maitland Boys' High School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 3 May 1915, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 23, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Maitland High School Roll of Honour, Murwillumbah War Memorial, Narrabri and District Soldiers' Memorial Clock Tower, Newcastle High School Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

19 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 344, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 344, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 344, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 344, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
3 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 344, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John Charles and Emily Mary Morrissey of Burringba Public School, Tweed Heads, NSW

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

Also served in the senior cadets

Biography contributed by Lorraine McMahon

According to the Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing data from the Australian War Memorial website, Pierce was killed at Lone Pine about 6th or 7th May. He came out of the trench about 6 pm and was looking for a dug out. He was shot through the neck and head by a sniper and killed instantly (Source: Eyewitness account by Corporal Barr on 20 March 1916).

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