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MORGAN, Walter
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5386 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 June 1916, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mount Pleasant South Australia, 19 December 1883 |
| Home Town: | Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Christian Brothers College |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 15 October 1917, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais - Hauts-de-France VI D 6 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Broken Hill War Memorial, Mylor War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 1 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5386, 27th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, SA | |
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| 12 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 5386, 27th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 5386, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Walter MORGAN and Sarah nee STAPLES, Crystal Street, South Broken Hill, NSW
Mr. and Mrs. W. Morgan of Crystal street, have been informed by the military authroities that their won, Private Walter Morgan, was reported ot have died of wounds in France on October 15. He was about 34 years of age. He enlisted over 12 months ago in Adelaide, and went straight from Australia to France. Prior to enlisting he had been working with a South Australian survey party on the River Murray. He was a single man, his mother, father, one brother and five sisters survive.
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