MORRIS, Arthur Robert
| Service Numbers: | N240500, NX143692 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 January 1943 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Movement Control Group |
| Born: | Bondi, New South Wales, Australia, 19 January 1922 |
| Home Town: | Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Newcastle Boys High School & Canterbury Boys' High School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Junior Clerk/Pro-Cricketer |
| Died: | Natural Causes, New South Wales, Australia , 22 August 2015, aged 93 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 2 Service
| 5 Jan 1943: | Involvement Private, N240500 | |
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| 5 Jan 1943: | Involvement Private, NX143692, 8th Movement Control Group | |
| 5 Jan 1943: | Enlisted | |
| 5 Jan 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX143692 | |
| 18 Jun 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX143692 |
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"Australian Test cricket legend Arthur Morris dies aged 93
Arthur Morris didn't mind being overshadowed by Don Bradman; sometimes he even enjoyed it. Occasionally asked what he was doing when Bradman, in his last test innings, was famously bowled for a duck, Morris would say he was at The Oval, London, in 1948. Doing what? "Playing. I was up the other end." How did Arthur go? "I managed 196."
He managed to help that Australian team, called The Invincibles, to win that test and the series, 4-0.
In the previous test, at Leeds, Morris managed 182 in a 301-run partnership with Bradman, helping Australia to chase 404 runs for victory in 345 minutes. He had helped Bradman, then troubled by Denis Compton's bowling, by hitting the Englishman out of the attack. The partnership brought the then highest winning fourth innings test score..." - READ MORE LINK (www.smh.com.au)
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