EVENSEN, Morris Glen
| Service Number: | NGX189 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 July 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 2/1 Australian Air Liaison Section |
| Born: | Geraldton, Western Australia, 15 August 1907 |
| Home Town: | Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, New Guinea, 25 October 1944, aged 37 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lae Memorial, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lae Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement NGX189 | |
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| 18 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Captain, NGX189, 2/1 Australian Air Liaison Section | |
| 18 Jul 1941: | Enlisted NGX189 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Walrus flying boat X9559 of 8 Communications Unit based on Goodenough Island was hit by ground fire 25 October 1944 after landing at a bay on Keresau Island, New Guinea on a reconnaissance mission
Pilot Officer Walter Burford Bernie 428901 RAAF (Pilot) and Captain Morris Glen Evensen NGX189 Australian Army (71 Wing Air Liaison Officer) were killed by Japanese forces after going ashore - their bodies were not recovered and they are commemorated on the Lae Memorial
Warrant Officer Joseph Merrick Towers Brown 418063 (Air Gunner) became a Prisoner of War but died of wounds on the 1st of November 1944 at Boiken after being taken from the island to the New Guinea mainland - his body was recovered and he is buried in the Lae War Cemetery