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Charles MORRISON

Regimental number3893
Place of birthPinjarrah, Western Australia
SchoolCottesloe State School, Western Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressSpencer's Brook, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, R J Morrison, 4 Myrtle Street, Perth, Western Australia
Enlistment date2 September 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll21 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board RMS Mongolia on 22 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 23 August 1918
Place of death or woundingnear Proyart, France
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot III, Row I, Grave No. II), Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
63
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Priscilla MORRISON, 4 Myrtle Street, Perth, Western Australia
Family/military connectionsL E Brown, 2nd cousin

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