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MORRISON, Ronald James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2214 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 1st Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Benalla Victoria, May 1893 |
| Home Town: | Benalla, Benalla, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway employee |
| Memorials: | Benalla Presbyterian Church WW1 Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 12 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2214, 6th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 17 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2214, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne | |
| 17 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2214, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 30 Mar 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1st Machine Gun Company | |
| 29 Sep 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1st Machine Gun Company | |
| 22 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2214, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , 3rd MD |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Kathleen Bambridge
On the 70 anniverary of the the allied victory at Villers Bretonneux the french government invited Mr Morrison to France to award him a Legion of Honour on 25 April 1988.
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Carl Johnson (How We Served)
2214 Private Ronald James Morrison of Benalla, Victoria. Received the French Legion of Honour to mark the 70th Anniversary of the liberation of Villers Bretonneux. Served with 6th Battalion, present for the attack on "German Officer's Trench" at Gallipoli. Served from 1916 to 1919 with 1st MG Battalion 1st A IF.
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