John Thomas MORRIS

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MORRIS, John Thomas

Service Number:	1998
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Llanyblodwel, Oswestry, Shropshire, England., 1886
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

13 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 1998, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
13 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 1998, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Births Mar 1886 Morris John Thomas Oswestry 6a
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Llanyblodwel, his birthplace is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England; the spelling "Llanyblodwell" was commonly used in the past, and the village was sometimes simply referred to as "Blodwel".

Lance Corporal Morris served with the 1st Machine Gun Battalion.

Next of kin Sister, Miss Kate Morris, 1 Francis Terrace, Oswestry, Shropshire, England
Enlistment date 18 January 1915.

4th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement

Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on 13 April 1915.

He returned to Australia 9 March 1919

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