Alfred William MORRIS

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Service Number:	2460
Enlisted:	21 March 1916, Cootamundra, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Murrumburrah, New South Wales, Australia, 11 May 1895
Home Town:	Murrumburrah, Harden, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 23 February 1917, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

21 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2460, Cootamundra, New South Wales
24 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2460, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
24 Aug 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2460, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Anchises, Sydney
23 Feb 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2460, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages

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