MORRIS, Edgar Athling
| Service Number: | 4736 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 November 1915, Casula, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia, 24 January 1892 |
| Home Town: | Bankstown, Bankstown, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Arakoon Public School |
| Occupation: | Shunter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 9 October 1917, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4736, Casula, New South Wales | |
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| 13 Apr 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4736, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Apr 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4736, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 9 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4736, 20th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Poelcapelle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...4736 Private Edgar Athling Morris, 20th Battalion, of Bankstown, NSW. A railway shunter prior to enlistment, Pte Morris embarked with the 12th Reinforcements from Sydney on HMAT Ceramic on 13 April 1916. On 9 October 1917 Pte Morris was killed in action whilst carrying out duties as a stretcher bearer at Daisy Wood, between Zonnebeke and Passchendaele, Belgium, aged 25. He has no known grave and is commemorated at the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
"Mrs. A. .Osten, of Brushgrove, on Monday, received word that her nephew, Private Edgar Morris, son of ex-constable W. R. Morris, of the Macleay River, had been killed in action. Prior to enlisting he had been employed in the Railway Department" - from the Grafton Daily Examiner 21 Nov 1917 (nla.gov.au)
"Mr. R. W. Morris, of Bankstown (before retirement constable at Tinonee), has received word that his son, Private Edgar A. Morris, was killed in action on October 9. The late soldier was 26 years of age, a native of the Macleay and at time of enlisting was employed in the railway service." - from the Taree Northern Champion 28 Nov 1917 (nla.gov.au)
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