Frederick Charles MORRISON

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MORRISON, Frederick Charles

Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	1 March 1916
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	38th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 21 April 1891
Home Town:	Quarry Hill, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Golden Square State School, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Boot Maker
Died:	Killed In Action, Passchendaele, Belgium, 13 October 1917, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial Plot XXIII, Row D, Grave No. 3
Memorials:	Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Bendigo Quarry Hill Congregational Church Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

1 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 38th Infantry Battalion
20 Jun 1916:	Involvement 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
20 Jun 1916:	Embarked 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne
19 Aug 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 38th Infantry Battalion
7 Jun 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 38th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines, GSW to buttock. Evacuated to UK. Rejoined unit 15 August 1917.
4 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 38th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge
13 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 38th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele

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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

Parents: Joseph and Annie MORRISON; husband of Elsie Morrison, 11 Palmerston Street, Bendigo, Victoria

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