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Aram Benjamin MORRIS

Regimental number3364
Place of birthCleveland, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressDevonport, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation32.5
Height5' 9.5"
Weight144 lbs
Next of kinBrother, Samuel Morris, Campbelltown, Tasmania
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date23 November 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll18 February 1916
Place of enlistmentClaremont, Tasmania
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name40th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/57/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 14 June 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 18 July 1918
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialDaours Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row D, Grave No. 7), FRance
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
133
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in St Luke's Anglican Cemetery, Campbell Town, Tasmania. Parents: John and Hannah MORRIS, Cleveland, Tasmania; brother of S. MORRIS, Campbell Town, Tasmania. Photo: Kent Fitch
Other details

War service: Western Front

Wounded in action, 17 July 1918 (gun shot wound, neck and side).

Died of wounds, 10th Australian Field Ambulance, 18 July 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, MORRIS Aram Benjamin

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