MORGAN, Gerald Stanley
| Service Number: | 63956 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 February 1917, Angaston, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Army Medical Corps (AIF) |
| Born: | Keyneton, South Australia, 12 December 1892 |
| Home Town: | Angaston, Barossa, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Angaston Public School |
| Occupation: | Labourer/ Teamster |
| Died: | Broncho-Pneumonia, France, 25 October 1918, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre (Division 62, Plot V, Row N, Grave 3) |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Angaston District WW1 Roll of Honour, Angaston War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Feb 1917: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 63956, Army Medical Corps (AIF), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' |
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| 5 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Angaston, South Australia | |
| 5 Jun 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 63956, Army Medical Corps (AIF), RMS Orontes, Sydney |
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Gerald Morgan enlisted at Angaston on 5 February 1917. He stated that he was married to Mrs P V Morgan, was living at Angaston and working as a labourer. He embarked at Sydney on 5 June 1918 with the Army Medical Corps on RMS Orontes.
Disembarkation occurred at Liverpool, England on 11 August 1918.
Morgan and the rest of the general reinforcements of the Army Medical Corps were marched into the Australian Medical Corps Training Depot located at Fovant on the Salisbury Plains on 12 August 1918. Training commenced immediately.
After finishing a fast-tracked training program the reinforcements proceeded overseas to France on 4 October 1918. Once on French soil they were marched into an Australian General Base Depot located at Rouelles on 5 October 1918, were they waited to be allocated to a unit.
Whilst here, Gerald Morgan was admitted to Number 40 Stationary Hospital at Le Havre on 16 October 1918 with influenza. This most probably would have being the Spanish Flu pandemic which was running rampant around Europe in 1918/19.
Private Morgan died whilst at Number 40 Stationary Hospital on 25 October 1918 of broncho-pneumonia. He was 25 years old and left behind his wife.
He was buried in Division 62 of Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre.
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