MORRIS, Francis Arthur
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 26 March 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Flemington, Victoria, Australia, 7 July 1874 |
| Home Town: | Flemington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mechanic |
| Died: | Pneumonia, Essendon Emergency Hospital, Victoria, Australia, 30 July 1919, aged 45 years |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 23rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 May 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 23rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Lieutenant, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Lieutenant, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne |
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From How We Served
The final resting place for; - Captain Francis Arthur Morris (aka Frank) of Flemington, Victoria, who prior to his enlistment on the for ‘War Service’ had been employed as a mechanic and had held a Commission with the 58th Infantry Regiment (Essendon Rifles) in the peacetime Militia.
Frank was successful in applying for an AIF Officer’s Commission, and as a Lieutenant, he was taken on strength with newly formed 23rd Battalion 1st AIF.
With his Unit, Frank was embarked for Egypt and further training on the 8th of May. Arriving safely in Egypt, Frank’s Battalion was committed to the Dardanelles campaign, and by the end of August they had arrived in the trenches of Gallipoli.
Promoted to Captain, Frank would see continual service in the front line, and by the 28th of October, he had been evacuated sick due to the combined effects of neurasthenia and dysentery.
Following his return to Egypt, Frank was admitted into the 1st Australian General Hospital at Heliopolis, where he would remain hospitalized, until deemed well enough to enter into convalescence.
Frank’s health had been broken due to his service on Gallipoli having been diagnosed as suffering from cardiac dilatation and was boarded as no longer fit for Active Service Abroad.
On the 3rd of January 1916, Frank now listed an invalid was embarked for his return to Australia, and with his arrival back in Melbourne on the 5th of February, he was admitted into the 5th Australian General Hospital (Melbourne) for further medical care.
Frank’s official appointment as an officer of the 1st AIF was terminated on the 5th of August 1916. Following the War’s end, and with his health still declining, Frank was admitted into the Essendon Emergency Hospital suffering from pneumonia.
Whilst still under treatment, Frank finally succumbed to illness, with his death occurring on the 30th of July 1919 at the age of 45.
Following his passing Captain Frank Morris, a veteran of the trenches of Gallipoli, and whose premature death, was officially cited as due to his War Service, was formally interred within Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery,
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