MORGAN, Sydney Stanley
| Service Number: | 1781 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newport, Monmouthshire, England, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Prospect, Prospect, South Australia |
| Schooling: | St Peter's College, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Gum Contractor |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hackney St Peter's College Fallen Honour Board, Hackney St Peter's College Honour Board, Kingscote Kangaroo Island WW1 Roll of Honour, Kingscote War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Penneshaw Kangaroo Island Men Roll of Honor WW1, Prospect Roll of Honour A-G WWI Board |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 1781, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
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| 12 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 1781, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 1781, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1781 awm_unit: 43rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-04 |
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From the book Fallen Saints
Sydney Stanley Morgan of Kingscote South Australia was born at Newport in the county of Monmouthshire, England and came to Australia with his parents at the age of nine.
He was a soft goods warehouseman after leaving school but immediately prior to enlistment on 23 November 1915 was working as a Gum contractor. Upon enlistment, he joined the 15th quota of reinforcements for the 9th Light Horse at Mitcham Camp but after successfully completing an NCO course in May 1916, was posted to A Company, 2nd Depot Battalion as a provisional sergeant.
At the end of June, he joined the 2nd quota of reinforcements for the 43rd Battalion and sailed for England aboard HMAT Ballarat on 12 August. Although he had been a provisional sergeant and acting sergeant major in Australia on reaching England he reverted to his substantive rank and at the end of September joined the 11th Training Battalion.
In November, after completing a weapons course at the School of Musketry, Tidsworth he was promoted to substantive corporal and posted to the staff of the 11th Training Battalion as a weapons instructor.
At the beginning of June 1917 he embarked for France where on 11 June he was taken on the strength of the 43rd Battalion but within a fortnight was detached to the Corps School as an instructor.
Corporal Sydney Morgan joined the battalion in the field on 14 August, and was killed in action on 4 October 1917; he was 35 years of age.
When completing the Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour circular, Sydney’s widow described him as a ‘splendid musician.’
At the time of his death he was pianist to the Pierrot’s troupe selected from the best talent in the Battalion. In England & France he acted for sometime as a musketry instructor. An officer described him as an excellent soldier & the best musketry instructor in his regiment. [i]
[i] Australian War Memorial, Roll of Honour Cards 145, 1914-1918 War, Army, Morgan, Sydney Stanley, viewed 18 November 2005
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