Religion | Congregational |
Occupation | Engineering draughtsman |
Address | 'Edgeware', Denmark Hill, Ipswich, Queensland |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 24 |
Next of kin | Father, Samuel John Morgan, 'Edgeware', Denmark Hill, Ipswich, Queensland |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit name | 26th Battalion, Headquarters |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/43/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Captain |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 26th Battalion |
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Mention in Despatches 'Consistently good work as Signal Officer and Company Commander March to September 1916 and conspicuous personal gallantry during the attack on Pozieres Ridge.' Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', second Supplement, No. 29890 (2 January 1917); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 103 (29 June 1917). Recommendation date: |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Age at death from cemetery records | 26 |
Place of burial | Dartmoor Cemetery (Plot II, Row E, Grave No. 41), Becordel-Becourt, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 108 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Samuel John and Lucy MORGAN, Edgeware, Denmark Hill, Ipswich, Queensland. Native of Ballarat, Victoria |