MORGAN, Weldon James
| Service Numbers: | 2208, 2208A |
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| Enlisted: | 8 March 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | London, England, 1884 |
| Home Town: | Essendon, Moonee Valley, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Essendon State School No 483 |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Essendon State School No 483 Roll of Honor, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2208, 6th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 17 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2208, 6th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2208, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 2208A, 6th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2208A awm_unit: 6th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Weldon James and Mary Ann MORGAN, 55 McCurron Parade, Essendon, Victoria
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Morgan, of 11 Robb street, Essendon, who have had all their four sons on active service, were advised officially on the 2nd inst. that their eldest son Lance-Corporal Weldon J. Morgan, No. 2208, 6th Battalion, was killed in action on October 4th last. He was born in London, and came to Melbourne with his parents in 1884. Prior to enlisting, he was, for some time in Western Australia, and came to Essendon in December, 1914, to enlist, and say good-bye to his parents and the family.
He was at the front on Gallipoli for four months, and on the evacuation, he went to Egypt, where he contracted enteric fever and was in hospital four months. Upon discharge he was attached to the 58th Battalion, and went to France. Later, he rejoined his original battalion (the 6th) and was with this when killed.
His youngest brother, Ernest, 7th Battalion, was wounded on the 4th October also.
Leslie M. Morgan, another brother, No. 343, 8th Battalion, landed at Port Melbourne on the 3rd inst., with severe foot trouble. He is probably the first (certainly one of the first) of the Essendon boys to return after serving over 1000 days. He enlisted in August, 1914, saw service at Suez Canal, February, 1915. Was in the landing on Gallipoli, and brought away the last machine gun from the 8th Battalion trenches at the Evacuation, when they returned to Egypt. Went with first Australians to France, where he served until June, 1917, when he had his first leave (after 33 months' service), and went to London to meet his parents. Whilst in London his feet were giving him so much pain that the medical staff at the Australian Headquarters ordered him into Southall Hospital. From there he was transferred to Weymouth for treatment, and eventually classed C3, and returned to Australia.
The remaining brother, Cecil, No. 453, 7th Battalion, is a signaller in France. He was wounded on Gallipoli shortly after the landing, and still has one of the bullets in his right shoulder, which the Army Medical authorities hesitate to remove, as it would probably result in the loss of the use of the right arm.
Three out of four sons are incapacitated, and the forth now actually at the front suffers considerable pain at times from the Gallipoli wound. The parents of the above appeal to Essendon boys to enlist, so that the strength of the battalions may be maintained, all our Australian heroes encouraged to fight on until victory is ours.
ROLL OF HONOUR. (1918, January 10). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter
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