MORRICE, William John
| Service Number: | 957 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1914, Enlisted at Kensington, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cooma, New South Wales, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Dalgety, Snowy River, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station Hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, Egypt, 26 April 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey, Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Berridale Private William J Morrice Memorial Plaque, Berridale War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 957, Enlisted at Kensington, NSW | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 957, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 957, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William and Mary Alice Morrice of 'Murranumbla', Dalgety, NSW. Brother of Glen Heriot Morrice who was killed in action on 1 September 1918 while serving with the 53rd Battalion, Alice L. Morrice and Marjorie E. Morrice
SIGNALLER W. J. MORRICE.
Signaller William John Morrice, of the 3rd Battalion, who was killed in action at the Dardanelles, was a pupil of the Monaro Grammar School, Cooma, and sergeant in the senior cadets. He was 19 years of age. In St. Paul's Anglican Church yesterday Archdeacon Ward referred to his death in his sermon. The deceased was a son of Mr. William Morrice, grazier, of Maranumbla Station, in the Dalgety district, and was very popular among his associates.
Commemorated in St Paul's Anglican Church, Cooma, NSW
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