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Name

Harold Stanley Morris

Birth Date

7 April 1897

Birthplace

Melbourne, Victoria

Service Number

1251

Enlistment Date

7 July 1915

Next of Kin

Mr Henry A. Morris,
38 Wilson Street,
Yarraville
Father

Address at time of Enlistment

38 Wilson Street,
Yarraville

Occupation

Salesman

Marital Status

Single

Death Date

30 November 1965

Place of Burial

Queensland

Citation

“Harold Stanley Morris (1897-1965),” Wyndham History, accessed April 22, 2021, http://www.wyndhamhistory.net.au/items/show/2511.
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Title

Harold Stanley Morris (1897-1965)

Subject

Morris, Harold Stanley

Publisher

Wyndham City Libraries

Date

1915

Contributor

Sandra King

Format

text

Language

eng

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Biographical Text

No.1251  Harold Stanley Morris
War Service
Harold Stanley Morris enlisted on 7 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses, on 27 October 1915.  He was a soldier in the 13th Light Horse. 

After serving in France, and spending time in England receiving treatment for influenza and synovitis, he returned to Australia aboard SS Orita, disembarking on 6 August 1919. 

Harold Morris was discharged on 29 September 1919.

Post War
Harold married Emily Ada Stuart in 1921 and raised a family of three children within the Melbourne area before moving to Queensland where he died in 1965.

Medals and Entitlements:

  • 1914/15 Star
  • British War Medal
  • Victory Medal

Bibliography

A.I.F. Project
www.aif.adfa.edu.au

Ancestry.com

Australian War Memorial
awm.gov.au

National Archives of Australia
naa.gov.au

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