MORRIS, Godfrey Eustace
| Service Number: | 12205 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 February 1940, Richmond, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Central Flying School |
| Born: | Presteign, Wales, 13 May 1908 |
| Home Town: | Narrabeen, Warringah, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Motor Mechanic |
| Died: | Accidental (Drowned), Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia, 11 July 1942, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
Tamworth General Cemetery, New South Wales RC Plot Section E Row 9 Grave 3 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Corporal, 12205 | |
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| 12 Feb 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 12205, Central Flying School, Richmond, NSW |
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Son of Henry Frederick and Annie Mary Morris; husband of Marie Eileen Morris, of St. Kilda, Victoria
R.A.A.F. MAN DROWNED
BODY FOUND ON EDGE OF PEEL
RIVER
The body of Corporal Godfrey Eustace Morris, 34, member of the R.A.A.F., was found on the edge of the Peel River four and a half miles from Tamworth on Monday. Morris was one of a party of five who went to the back of the grandstand at Tamworth racecourse on Saturday afternoon to cut the wires of a fence to allow a number of horses surrounded by flood waters to swim to safety. Four of the men were swept down stream when they stepped into a deep channel. Three scrambled to safety, but Morris, who complained of a cramp, was not seen again.
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