MORGAN, David Burford
| Service Number: | NX3183 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 October 1939, Paddington, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/1st Field Regiment |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 16 July 1906 |
| Home Town: | College Park, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Journalist |
| Died: | Illness, Egypt, 27 July 1941, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: |
Benghazi War Cemetery, Libya Grave 6 D4 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Municipality of St Peters Citizens Who Have Enlisted Roll of Honour, St Peters Heroes War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Gunner, NX3183 | |
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| 23 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX3183, 2nd/1st Field Regiment, Paddington, NSW |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of the Revd. David Morgan and Mary Cecil Morgan, of Rose Bay, New South Wales, Australia.
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN
Biography contributed by David Cree
Adelaide Advertiser 26 Nov 1941.
The Rev. and Mrs. David Morgan, of College Park Congregational Church, have been advised of the death of their eldest son, Gunner David Burford Morgan, 38, in an Italian prison camp at Derna.
In May he was slightly wounded in the Greek campaign. In August word was received that he had been taken prisoner after the defence of the pass of Thermopylae. Gunner Morgan, who died on July 17, joined the AIF soon after the outbreak of war, and left Australia with one of the first contingents.