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MORRIS, William Joseph
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 336 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Warburton, Victoria, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Warburton, Yarra Ranges, Victoria |
| Schooling: | West Warburton State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 9 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery Plot II, Row F, Grave No. 23, Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Warburton RSL Gallipoli Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 19 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 336, 6th Machine Gun Company | |
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| 16 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 336, 6th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 16 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 336, 6th Machine Gun Company, RMS Orontes, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
In his Red Cross file a friend reported “he was killed with a shell on the morning of the 9th October 1917, with four of his mates. He was buried on the field and there was a cross placed on his grave at Broodseinde, as we were advancing towards Passchendaele Ridge. I knew him very well as he left Australia with me. He was about 5ft 7 and fair complexion.”
William's elder brother 3149 Private Desmond Michael Morris 2nd Pioneer Battalion had been killed in action 3 weeks earlier on the 20 September 1917, aged 25.
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