MORRISON, George
| Service Number: | 1389 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 August 1915, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial Panel 42., Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1389, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1389, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 26 and the son of George and Catherine Morrison, of Culcairn, Invergordon, Scotland.
He is remembered on the Alness War Memorial. Alness (Scottish Gaelic: Alanais) is a town and civil parish in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. It lies near the Cromarty Firth, with the town of Invergordon 3 miles to the east, and the village of Evanton 4 miles to the south west.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
14th Battalion, 1st Reinforcement, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
His place of birth is not clear-according to CWGC, he was a native of Ross-shire-that is where his father lived. Rosebank is in South Lanarkshire but there may have been a place called Rosebank in In Invergordon, Ross-shire.
Enlistment date-19 October 1914
Place of enlistment-Bendigo, Victoria
AWM Embarkation Roll number-23/31/1
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 22 December 1914
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli
Report missing, 8 August 1915.
Court of Enquiry, Serapeum, 6-8-28 April 1916, concluded: 'Killed in action, 8 August 1915.'
Sources
NAA: B2455, MORRISON George
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He is also commemorated, along with New Zealander, Donald Stewart, on the Ardross War Memorial. Ardross (Scottish Gaelic: Àird Rois, high-point of [Easter] Ross) is a rural area in the Highland region of Scotland, 30 miles north of the nearest city, Inverness. Ardross lies 10 miles inland from the east-coast town of Alness and progressively becomes more mountainous to the west and north.
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