MORLEY  J.T.B.

Given Names:  James Thomas

               

Service Number:  5408

Unit:  23rd Battalion, 14th reinforcements                                                                         

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  19 Yrs  11 Mths

Occupation:  Bank Clerk                                                                                                 

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Presbyterian

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  7 In                     

Weight:  136 Lbs

Chest:  33-36 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Medium

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  1/3/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Samuel Walter Morley

Main Lead, Beaufort, Victoria                                                                                           

Embarkation Date:  1/8/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Miltiades A28

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Miltiades

Embarked:  19/6/1919                               

Disembarked:  5/8/1919

Unit:  23rd Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  25/9/1919                       

Place: 

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  51331

Victory Medal:  50313

Other:    Military Medal

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1896

Place:  Nurrabiel/Castlemaine, Victoria     

Father:  Samuel Walter MORLEY             

Mother:  Sarah MULLINS

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1929     

Place:             

Spouse: Alice Maude TREMBATH

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 23/7/1958                          

Place: Melbourne, Victoria                       

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 3/10/1917; gun shot wound, head

Wounded in action 23/7/1918; gassed

Military Medal recommended 14/10/1917 due to conspicuous courage and gallant action at Broodseinde on 9/10/2017

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

63 Fitzwilliam Street, Kew at enlistment

FURTHER INFORMATION

Yes

 

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