Raymond Martin MORRELL

Regimental number3891
Place of birthCarnavon Western Australia
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationTelegraph operator
Addressc/o Mrs W F Cole, Queen's Crescent, Mount Lawley, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinWife, Mrs May Catherine Morrell, Kirrup, Western Australia
Enlistment date2 November 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name28th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/45/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on 12 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll28th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 17 March 1917
Place of burialMartinpuick British Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 9)
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
114
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated on Postmaster General's Department Roll of Honour, Commonwealth of Australia Building, Perth, Western Australia. Dedicated to 'Officers from Western Australia who gave their lives in the Great War 1914-1918'.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal