MORRIS, Allan Harold
| Service Number: | SX7758 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 4 July 1940, Mount Gambier, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mount Gambier, SA, 21 September 1914 |
| Home Town: | Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fire wood cutter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Egypt, 5 November 1942, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
El Alamein War Cemetery A I D 1, El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Marsa Matruh, Egypt |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mount Gambier High School Old Scholars WW2 Honour Roll |
World War 2 Service
| 4 Jul 1940: | Involvement Private, SX7758, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 4 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Mount Gambier, SA | |
| 4 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX7758, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Al Staunton
Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA : 1861 - 1954), Saturday 2 January 1943, page 1
Pte Allan Harrold Morris Killed
Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Morris, O.B. Flat, received a cable on Tuesday informing them that their son, Pte. Allan Harrold Morris, had been killed during an engagement in Egypt on November 5.
Allan joined up on July 1, 1940, and left for overseas in December, 1941. During the two years he spent in the Middle East and North Africa, he saw much fighting, and was seven months in Tobruk during the seige. While in Tobruk he was wounded and spent some weeks in hospital. He was 28 years of age.
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Biography contributed by Al Staunton
Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA : 1861 - 1954), Tuesday 12 January 1943, page 1
Passing of Private Allan
The deceased soldier was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Morris, of O.B. Flat, and was born there on September 21, 1914. He resided there all his life, assisting his father on the farm and with various contracts which his father held from time to time. He enlisted on July 1, 1940, and after a course of training, sailed for the Middle East on December 28, 1940, and served in Egypt, Palestine and Libya. He was one of the "Rats of Tobruk," and whilst there was wounded and spent nine weeks in hospital. He then was sent back to Alexandria, and spent a good deal of time in that quarter.
A letter received from his captain, for whom Allan was runner, throws some light on the cause of his death. It appears he had been wounded a few days previ-ously, and although slight, it must have caused him some in-convenience; and yet he carried on throughout the afternoon before reporting to the R.A.P. His captain added, "He died doing his job."
The deceased was of a kindly, cheerful manner and that characteristic evidently stood him in good stead in many trying times, for his captain's letter referred to his 'cheerfulness' under very trying conditions, and his ability to make the best of everything.
He was engaged to Miss P. Hill of Black Forest. Besides his sorrowing parents he leaves one brother, Private E. Morris, A.I.F., Australia, and three sisters, Mrs. A. Lindner, and Mrs. C. Sealey, of Glenburnie, and Miss Olive Morris, living at O.B. Flat with her parents.
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