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MORRIS, Desmond Michael
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3149 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 June 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Warburton, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Warburton, Yarra Ranges, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Sawmill worker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Warburton RSL Gallipoli Memorial, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3149, 2nd Pioneer Battalion | |
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| 23 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 3149, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 3149, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Little detail of his death but among the personal effects of Desmond, returned to his mother, was a bloodstained photograph of his brother William.
His brother, 336 Pte William Joseph Morris, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, enlisted a few months after Desmond and was killed in action three weeks after his brother on the 9 October 1917, aged 22.
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