Regimental number | 577 |
Place of birth | Albury, New South Wales |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | Germantown PO, Germantown via Culcairn, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 25 |
Height | 5' 10" |
Weight | 164 lbs |
Next of kin | Brother, John C Morton, Germantown PO, Germantown via Culcairn, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Liverpool, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 12th Light Horse Regiment, C Squadron |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/17/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 6th Light Horse Regiment |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Transferred to 6th Light Horse Regiment, and posted to D Squadron, Gallipoli, 29 August 1915. Appointed Temporary Lance Corporal, 3 October 1915. Wounded in action, 11 November 1915 (bullet wound, left side head: serious; both legs and right arm paralysed), and admitted to 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance. Transferred to HS 'Syria', 18 November 1915; disembarked Alexandria, 20 November 1915, and admitted to 21st General Hospital. Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HT 'Ulysses', 6 January 1916; discharged, Sydney (medically unfit), 10 June 1916. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal Died, Corowa Hospital, 18 August 1916 (pleurisy). |
Date of death | |
Place of burial | Corowa Catholic Cemetery (South Section, Row 10, Plot No 10), New South Wales |
Sources | NAA: B2455, MORTON Lawrence Gregory |