Kenneth Leslie MORRIS DCM

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MORRIS, Kenneth Leslie

Service Number:	1050
Enlisted:	16 September 1914
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, 26 February 1896
Home Town:	Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Natural causes, Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia, 20 March 1955, aged 59 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Kirribilli Sydney Flying Squadron & Sydney Sailing Club Honor Roll, Mosman "With the Colors" Pictorial Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

16 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1050, 2nd Infantry Battalion
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 1050, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 1050, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney
28 Mar 1918:	Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, Third Ypres, For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty at Passchendaele Ridge, East of Ypres on 6 November 1917. He was in charge of a frontline post which was subjected to a continuous heavy barrage. When it was blown in he immediately re-dug and consolidated it. Soon afterwards a liquid fire shell burst on the parapet and he at once leaped out of the trench with a shovel and succeeded in putting the flames out, though under intense artillery fire. He held the post for three days under the heaviest barrage.
29 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 1050, 2nd Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Frederick MORRIS and Elizabeth Ellen nee AYTON

'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He was in charge of a front line post, which was subjected to a continuous heavy barrage. When it was blown in, he immediately re-dug and consolidated it. Soon afterwards a liquid fire shell burst on the parapet and he at once leaped out of the trench with a shovel, and succeeded in putting the flames out, though under intense artillery fire. He held the post for three days under the heaviest barrage.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 110
Date: 7 August 1918

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