MORRISON, Joseph
| Service Number: | 3691 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland., date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 2 April 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Lebucquiere Communal Cemetery Extension Grave I. B. 6 (Coll.) INSCRIPTION UNTIL THE DAY BREAK , Lebucquiere Communal Cemetery Extension, Lebucquiere, Arras, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Dec 1915: | Involvement 3691, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
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| 12 Dec 1915: | Embarked 3691, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
| 2 Apr 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 3691, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3691 awm_unit: 55th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-04-02 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 31 and the son of Samuel and Mary Fraser Hyslop Morrison, of 59, Bell St., Wanganui, New Zealand.
He is remembered on the Harris War Memorial situated by the Main Street, overlooking East Loch Tarbert, Isle of Harris, Scotland. The memorial is a castle-like structure in a garden. [post code HS3 3DJ] . The many WW1 names are inscribed on three plaques. Of the 112 names only 10 do not begin with the latter M!
The Isle of Harris is in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. World War I left an indelible mark on the islands. The Second War did not claim as many lives, but its aftermath was not dissimilar.
Many of the casualties lived away from the island by the time they joined up, whether it be elsewhere in the United Kingdom or overseas.
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