MORRIS, Arthur William
| Service Number: | NX145684 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 February 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Brigade Headquarters |
| Born: | Hay, New South Wales, Australia, 4 January 1922 |
| Home Town: | Hay, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental (Aircraft accident), Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 7 March 1943, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cairns War Cemetery, Queensland Plot A. Row A. Grave 16. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Freshwater Crash of De Havilland Dragon Memorial Plaque |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Lieutenant, NX145684, 11th Infantry Brigade Headquarters | |
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| 27 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, NX145684 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William Thomas Morris and Edith Janet Windsor Morris, of Hay, New South Wales.
Biography contributed by David Barlow
De Havilland Dragon A34-24 was on hire from McRobertson and Muir Airways of the Northern Territory and was being used for courier work around far north Queensland by RAAF Number 5 Communications Flight when it crashed in the Jigol Peak area in Freshwater Gorge near Cairns (Crystal Cascade) during a flight from Cairns to Mareeba
Killed were:
Sergeant Lindsay James Sutherland McColl, pilot, 405796
Brigadier John Crawford NX378 DSO Commander of 11 Brigade
Lieutenant Arthur William Morris of the 26th Battalion NX145684
Two seriously injured survivors were found four days after the crash wandering around in the bush: Lieutenant Colonel Philip Heathcote George Cardale NX483 of the 31st Battalion / Australian Army Staff Corps (discharged April 1947)
Aircraftman Ronald Henry Appleby 412876 RAAF crewman (discharged March 1946)
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