MORRIS, James Walter
| Service Number: | 3190 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Burnie, Tasmania, Australia, 27 August 1892 |
| Home Town: | Burnie, Burnie, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Packer |
| Died: | Killed in action, France, 28 March 1918, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burnie War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3190, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3190, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3190, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne | |
| 3 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 47th Infantry Battalion | |
| 14 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 3190, 47th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres | |
| 23 Jan 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 47th Infantry Battalion | |
| 28 Mar 1918: | Involvement Sergeant, 3190, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3190 awm_unit: 47th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-03-28 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
James Walter Morris was the son of Robert and Fannie Morris of Burnie, Tasmania. He was one of three brothers who enlisted in the AIF during WW1. They all gave their occupations as bakers. His younger brother 310 Sergeant Joseph Clarence Morris 52nd Battalion AIF had been killed in action at Mouquet Farm in 1916, aged 20. A third brother, 928 Robert Watson Morris 12th Battalion AIF, was wounded in action on four occasions and awarded a Military Medal for bravery before he returned to Australia in 1919.
James was transferred from the 15th Battalion to the 47th Battalion in Egypt during early 1916. He was promoted up to Sergeant by 1918. He was wounded in action near Ypres during October 1917, and was treated in France. He was awarded a couple of weeks leave in England just before he was killed at Dernancourt in the 47th Battalion’s brilliant defensive action.
His father Robert passed away during 1920.
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