MORGAN, Harry
| Service Number: | 3090 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 October 1916, 8 years, Naval Reserve |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 31 March 1881 |
| Home Town: | Wickham, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carter |
| Died: | New Lambton, New South Wales, Australia, 25 September 1935, aged 54 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) K SE. 39. |
| Memorials: | Newcastle & District Firemen HR |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3090, 35th Infantry Battalion, 8 years, Naval Reserve | |
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| 10 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 3090, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1917: | Embarked Private, 3090, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 27 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3090, 34th Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit (Gassing at Battle of Villers Bretonneaux) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
89 years ago today, on the Thursday afternoon of the 26th September 1935, Private Jerry Henry Morgan, referred to as Harry, 34th Battalion (Reg No-3090), carter (Hetton Colliery and Morison & Bearby Limited, Carrington, N.S.W.), from Hannell Street, Wickham, New South Wales and 13a Russell Road, New Lambton, N.S.W., father of 5 daughters, 3 sons, was laid to rest with military honours at Sandgate Cemetery, age 54. METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) K SE. 39.
Born at West Maitland, New South Wales on the 31st March 1881 to David and Mary J or Jane Morgan; husband of Mary Ann Morgan nee Lodwick, married 23.4.1917, Glebe, N.S.W., died 28.2.1984, Newcastle, N.S.W., age 95, 49 years a widow, sleeping here, from 91 Waratah Road, Broadmeadow, New South Wales, Harry enlisted on the 13th October 1916 with the 36th Battalion, as Harry, at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A24 Benalla on the 10th May 1917.
Admitted to hospital 9.10.1917 (pleurisy), 19.1.1918 (bronchitis), 27.2.1918 (not stated), 5.6.1918 (gastric), 16.7.1918 (scabies).
Granted furlough from 9.2.1918 to 23.2.1918.
Wounded in action - 24.4.1918 (gassed, severe, Villers Bretonneux).
Commenced return to Australia 4.12.1918.
Harry was invalided home on the 15th January 1919, being discharged on the 27th June 1919.
Mr. Morgan’s name has been inscribed on the Newcastle and District Firemen Honour Roll, Wickham Municipal District Roll of Honour Board (2), Morison & Bearby Limited Roll of Honour and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies at Harry’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Officially commemorated – https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html....
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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