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MORSE, Richard Victor
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 13 January 1916, Australian Engineering and Electric company |
| Last Rank: | Major |
| Last Unit: | Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company |
| Born: | Rockdale, New South Wales, Australia, 4 September 1885 |
| Home Town: | Lindfield, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydney Grammar School and Sydney Technical College, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | War related - gassings, Leeton, New South Wales, Australia, 26 January 1925, aged 39 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 13 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Mining Corps, Australian Engineering and Electric company | |
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| 20 Feb 1916: | Involvement Captain, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Embarked Captain, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Embarked Captain, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Involvement Captain, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Major, Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Major, Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Honoured Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 169 Date: 4 October 1917 | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Awarded, and promulgated, 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 169 (4 October 1917). | |
| 30 Oct 1919: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Awarded, and promulgated, 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 124 (30 October 1919). | |
| 12 Jan 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Major, Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company, 2nd MD |
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