MORLEY, Charles
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Malmsbury, Vic., 1863 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Pharmacist |
| Died: | 5 February 1928, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, 2nd Field Ambulance | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement 2nd Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked 2nd Field Ambulance, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne |
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Born Malmsbury, Vic 24 April 1863
Son of George Morley and Mary Cahill
Occupation prior to enlistment Pharmacist member of regular Army, Enlisted in the AIF: 20 August 1914, having been a member of the permanent Military Forces since enlisting in the Victorian Army 14 August 1882.
Served at Gallipoli, Western Front
Embarked 19 October 1914 on the HMAT Wiltshire returned to Australia 30 November 1916 on the HS Karoola.
Charles Morley had been a member of the permanent Military Forces since 1882, serving at Fort Queenscliff in the 1880s as Fort Dispenser. The 1901 Military Forces List shows Charles as Regimental Sergeant Major, Ambulance Corps and Garrison Dispenser.
Charles joined the 2nd Field Ambulance and spent time in Egypt prior to the Gallipoli landing. Charles was known to be aboard the Hospital Ship, Mashobra on 25 April and was apparently aboard the first Hospital Ship to take wounded from the landing.
Charles served on the Western Front until 2 September 1916 when he was transferred to AIF Headquarters and declared medically unfit due to chronic Bronchitis. Charles was discharged from the AIF 28 February 1917 and returned to the permanent Military Forces raising to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel before his retirement around 1924.
Charles died 5 February 1928.
Courtesy of David Ferris
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