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MORIS, George Augustus
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 31, Officer |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 6th Western Australian Mounted Infantry |
Born: | Barry's Reef, Victoria, Australia , 1877 |
Home Town: | Broad Arrow, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Miner |
Died: | Killed In Action, Rolspruit, South Africa, 3 February 1902 |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | WA Kings Park Boer War Memorial |
Service History
Boer War Service
1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Lieutenant, Officer, 6th Western Australian Mounted Infantry | |
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1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 31, 1 Mounted Infantry Contingent | |
7 Nov 1899: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 31, 1st Western Australian Mounted Infantry, Embarked from Albany on "Medic" Troop Transport. Disembarked at Cape Town on 27 Nov 1899. | |
27 Nov 1899: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 31, 1st Western Australian Mounted Infantry, The Boer Offensive | |
16 Aug 1900: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 31, 1st Western Australian Mounted Infantry, Elands River | |
21 Aug 1901: | Transferred Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, 6th Western Australian Mounted Infantry | |
21 Aug 1901: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 6th Western Australian Mounted Infantry | |
3 Feb 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 6th Western Australian Mounted Infantry, K.I.A. |
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