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Pritchard Llewllyn MORGAN

Regimental number3599
Place of birthBulli, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBiograph operator
AddressMarket Street, Wollongong, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Height5' 7"
Weight146 lbs
Next of kinBrother, J Morgan, Grafton, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed for 4 years in Citizen Military Forces; still serving at time of AIF enlistment.
Enlistment date9 September 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll9 September 1915
Place of enlistmentWarwick Farm, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 2 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll55th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 25 May 1918
Place of burialDaours Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 15), Somme, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
161
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Taken on strength, 3rd Bn, Tel el Kebir, 5 February 1916.

Transferred to 55th Bn, 13 February 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Admitted to 1st Anzac Main Dressing Station, 17 January 1917 (dental); discharged to duty, 25 January 1917.

Marched out to 5th Army Rest Camp, 11 June 1917; rejoined Bn, in the field, 24 June 1917.

On leave to United Kingdom, 24 July 1917; rejoined Bn from leave, 9 August 1917.

To 2nd Army Rest Camp, 1 October 1917; rejoined Bn, 15 October 1917.

Admitted to 5th Field Ambulance, 15 October 1917 (dental); discharged to duty, 20 October 1917.

Admitted to 15th Australian Field Ambulance,, 18 March 1918 (scabies), and transferred to 14th Field Ambulance; discharged to duty, 22 March 1918.

Wounded in action, 24 May 1918 (shell wounds, abdomen, left thigh, hand); admitted to 14th Field Ambulance.

Died of wounds, 25 May 1918.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsSecond given name incorrectly entered on Embarkation Roll as Shewllyn.
SourcesNAA: B2455, MORGAN Pritchard Llewllyn

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