MORGAN, Alexander
| Service Number: | 5658 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Artillery Battery |
| Born: | Kenmay, Aberdeenshire, Scotland., date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Higher Grade PS Kemnay, Aberdeenshire |
| Occupation: | Joiner |
| Died: | GSW left hip, No.1 Australian General Hospital, Rouen, France, 17 December 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Block O Plot III Row L Grave 6. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Gunner, 5658, 3rd Field Artillery Battery |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Australian Field Artillery 3rd Bde. He enlisted at Brisbane
Alexander was wounded in action on 18 November 1916 sustaining shell splinter wounds to his left hip and heel. He died of those wounds at 12.12 pm on 17 December 1916. He was 26 and the son of Archibald and Margaret Morgan, of Hillfold/ Hillford, Kemnay, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
He is remembered on the Kemnay war memorial and as he was a Freemason, he is also honoured in the St. Bryde Lodge Of Freemasons (No. 991), in St. Brydes Road, Kemnay and which commemorates seven Freemason Brothers.
Also honoured on the Kemnay war memorial is Major Francis Robert Gregson of the British Army, City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) who was attached to the 4th Australian Division. He died aged 62 on 15 May 1917 in France.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He served for three years with the Gordon Highlanders.
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