MORGAN, George William
| Service Number: | 5423 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 56th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Ashfield, Ashfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tramway Workshop Wood Machinist |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 24 April 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 5423, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 14 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 5423, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 24 Apr 1918: | Involvement Private, 5423, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5423 awm_unit: 56th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-24 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
George William MORGAN (Service Number 5423) was born in Camperdown, Sydney. He was 28 and had been a wood machinist at the Tramways’ Randwick workshops for 5½ years when he joined the Army reinforcements in 1916. He had ha wife and two-year-old son.
He was sent first to Egypt and then on to France in 1916. He was promoted there to Lance Corporal but reverted to the ranks at his own request two months later.
He was killed in action on 24th April 1918,. He was at first buried in a temporary cemetery 1½ miles south of Corbie, but his remains were exhumed and re-interred in Villers Bretonneux Military Cemetery in 1920.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.