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MORRISSEY, John James
Personal Details
Service Number: | 3329 |
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Enlisted: | 1 August 1915 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Bowral, New South Wales, Australia, 1895 |
Home Town: | Denman, Muswellbrook, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Muswellbrook Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Butter maker |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 15 April 1917 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
1 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3329, 19th Infantry Battalion | |
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20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3329, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3329, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
15 Apr 1917: | Involvement Private, 3329, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3329 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-15 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
The son of James and Margaret Morrissey, Denman, New South Wales. Before enlisting he was employed in the Denman Co-operative Butter Factory.
He was killed during a counter attack at Lagnicourt in an effort to recapture an outpost the Germans had taken on 15 April 1917.