MORLEY, Harold Collison
| Service Number: | 371 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Clapham, London, England, 30 November 1877 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Soldier, Artist |
| Died: | Killed in action WW1 serving in British Army, Loos, Nord, France, 25 September 1915, aged 37 years |
| Cemetery: |
Dud Corner Cemetery, Loos, France Plot: IX. D. 18. |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 371, Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 18 May 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 371, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900. | |
| 10 Aug 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 371, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 477 notes 4th QIB embarked 5 Jul 1901 aboard Britannic returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 5 Aug 1901, disbanded 10 Aug 1901. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Harold Collison Morley was incorrectly transcribed in the Boer War Nominal Roll by Murray. He was born Harold Duke Collison-Morley on 30 Nov 1877 at Clapham, Greater London, England, a son to Dr. John Lacey Collison-Morley and Marion Collison-Morley. He married Olive Wood (b. Natal, South Africa) and they had one child.
He studied at St Paul's, The Slade School and later at Julian's (Academie Julian), Paris, France where he studied art gaining proficiency in pencil and ink sketching. He travelled widely including to Australia, Hong Kong and Japan. He found himself in Australia in 1900 and enlisted with the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen to serve in the South African (Boer) War. He continued with his art while serving producing an ink and pencil drawing titled 'Imperial Bushmens Contingent, Queensland / Arcadia Camp, Pretoria, August 1900' held by the State Library Qld- see link on this profile.
During his Boer War service with the Queensland Contingent he was nominated for a commission in the Imperial Army by Field-Marshal Lord Roberts. Its unclear if he returned to Queensland for discharge or proceeded direct to England where he took a commission with Lancashire Fusiliers. He later transferred to The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) with the rank of Lieutenant Colnel and served in France in WW1 where he was killed in action at Loos in 1915.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 486; Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorial, Find A Grave memorial bio).