MORROW, Hugh Gordon
| Service Number: | 813 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 February 1916, An original of C Company |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 39th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1885 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Ballarat College, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Barrister and solicitor |
| Died: | 1964, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Old Colonists' Club, Law Institute of Victoria |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 813, 39th Infantry Battalion, An original of C Company | |
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| 27 May 1916: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 813, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 27 May 1916: | Embarked Lance Corporal, 813, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Hugh Gordon Morrow was born in Ballarat in 1885, the son of Hugh Wilson Morrow, a legal practitioner. He was educated at Ballarat College and Ormond College at Melbourne University where he graduated from the articled clerks course. He was a barrister and solicitor in practice with his father when he enlisted.
He enlisted on 21 February 1916. He underwent cadet training in England until 30 April 1917 and from 4 May 1917 to February 1918 he served in France with the 59th Battalion. He was promoted to second lieutenant in May 1917 and lieutenant in September 1917.
During his service with the 59th Battalion he saw action in Bullecourt and Polygon Wood, Corbie and Villers-Bretonneux and was commanded by Brigadier HE “Pompey” Elliott who had been at school with him.
He applied for discharge and returned from War in June 1918 as both of his brothers had been killed. Andrew Duncan Morrow was killed at Fromelles in July 1916, and Thomas Cuthbert Morrow was killed in October 1917. His father had died before the War commenced. He also stated he was responsible for his mother, two younger sisters, and his brother’s widow and child.
His return to Australia was sanctioned by the GOC AIF, Sir William Birdwood.
He returned to practice in Ballarat and was a principal of Cuthbert Morrow & Must. He retired in 1962 and died in 1964. Both his son and his grandson, continued as lawyers in Ballarat for many years.