George Ernest MORROW

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MORROW, George Ernest

Service Numbers:	1775, 1175
Enlisted:	8 August 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia, 20 November 1875
Home Town:	Morpeth, Maitland Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Millers Forest, New South Wales, Australia, 18 July 1954, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 4-06. 48.
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Cook's Hill Superior Public School , Hinton Public School Memorial Gates, Morpeth Public School Honor Roll, Morpeth War Memorial

World War 1 Service

8 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1775, 30th Infantry Battalion
17 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 1775, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
17 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 1775, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney
13 Nov 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1775, 30th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, GSW to eye, left foot and hands
29 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
5 Apr 1918:	Imprisoned German Spring Offensive 1918
18 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1175, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), 2nd MD

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery

A Forgotten Digger of The Great War resting at Sandgate Cemetery, his Honour and Dignity restored.

Private George Ernest Morrow, 30th & 45th Battalions (Reg No-1775), farm labourer from High Street, Morpeth, New South Wales and Hamilton, N.S.W. and Thornton, N.S.W. and Scotch Creek, Millers Forest, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery on the 19th July 1954, age 78. METHODIST 4-06. 48.

Wounded in action - 13.11.1916 (GSW eye, left foot and hands, right leg, severe).

Admitted to hospital 15.1.1918 (injured lip and right hand).

Reported Missing in Action - 5.4.1918.
Reported Prisoner of War - 14.5.1918.

Repatriated Prisoner of War, from Germany to England, arrived 24.12.1918.

No headstone.

Wooden cross erected - 30.10.2020.

I submitted an application to DVA November 2020 asking for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque, curbing and marble chip, and this was accepted June 2021, completed November 2021.

Older brother Walter Hugh (35th Battalion, Reg No-1405, born 1872, Wallsend, N.S.W., died 1950, East Maitland Presbyterian Cemetery) also served 1st A.I.F.
George's son Archibald (1st Australian Machine Gun Company, Reg No-13287, born Hinton, N.S.W., died 1962, Belmont, N.S.W.) also served 1st A.I.F.

Many thanks to the wonderful Michelle Foster for the extensive family history research.

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