John MORRIS

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Service Number:	281
Enlisted:	13 February 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Birmingham, England, 1893
Home Town:	Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Boilermaker
Died:	Died of wounds - gunshot wound to the left thigh, Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt, 31 August 1915
Cemetery:	Cairo War Memorial Cemetery Row D, Grave 72 Rev. S.A. beveridge officiated Headstone inscription reads: On his soul sweet Jesus have mercy, Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Leichhardt War Memorial

13 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 281, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
12 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 281, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
12 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 281, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney

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Residential address at the time of enlistment was 'Plimsoll', 29 Elswick Street, Leichhardt, NSW

Son of Basil and Rhoda Alice Morris of 65 Fulham Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham, England

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

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