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MORGAN, Edward
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6690 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 20 December 1915, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 7th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Rushcutters Bay, New South Wales, Australia, 9 April 1886 |
| Home Town: | Campsie, Canterbury, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Balmain Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Boilermaker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 14 November 1916, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6690, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 11 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 6690, 7th Field Company Engineers, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 6690, 7th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Orsova, Sydney | |
| 14 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 6690, 7th Field Company Engineers, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, Killed in Action near Flers, France at 'The Maze'. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Michael Silver
6690 Sapper Edward Morgan, 7th Field Company AIF was most probably killed near “The Maze” on 14 November 1916. His service record notes that his body was found by members of the 3rd Battalion AIF on 17 March 1917 and he was buried at “The Maze”.
His widow Kathleen advised Base Records in Melbourne that the inscription on his headstone should read – ‘In a Hero’s Grave He Lies’. Sadly, his original grave at “The Maze” has never been found.
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