Eric Henry MORRIS

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MORRIS, Eric Henry

Service Numbers:	S29815, SX32777
Enlisted:	2 February 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Supply Depot Companies / Platoons
Born:	Port Lincoln, South Australia, 13 July 1912
Home Town:	Kent Town, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia
Schooling:	Nailsworth Primary School, South Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Yorketown, South Australia , 8 October 1999, aged 87 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Payneham Cemetery, South Australia
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World War 2 Service

2 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S29815
23 Sep 1943:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S29815, Supply Depot Companies / Platoons
24 Sep 1943:	Involvement Private, SX32777
24 Sep 1943:	Involvement Private, S29815
24 Sep 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX32777
24 Sep 1943:	Enlisted Keswick, SA
25 Mar 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX32777
25 Mar 1946:	Discharged

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Private Eric Henry Morris (Service Nos:S29815/SX32777) initially served in the ACMF from 2 February 1942 to 23 September 1943 with 7 Supply Personnel Coy and 83 Supply Depot (ASD) Platoon. On 24 September 1943 he enlisted in the AIF, serving with 82 Supply Depot (ASD) Platoon and 2/47 Australian Transport Platoon. Private Morris was attached to 54 Port Craft Coy in Torokina and Fauro Island (7 August 1945 - 12 February 1946), and was Discharged on 25 March 1946.

Eric was born at Port Lincoln, South Australia in 1912, seventh of eleven children of Edmund Henry George Morris (b1869 in Modbury, South Australia) and Elizabeth Sabina Kempster (b1879 in Keilli via Port Pirie, South Australia). Edmund and Elizabeth married in 1897 in Kadina, South Australia. The family lived in Keith, Wallaroo, Port Lincoln and Medindie before settling in Adelaide - Edmund was a Stonemason.

Eric worked in Kent Town as a Labourer before enlisting in the Army. Following his Discharge, Eric worked as a Cleaner in Adelaide, and died in Yorketown in 1999.

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