MORRIS C.E.

Given Names:  Charles Edmund

Service Number:  7349

Unit:  7th Battalion, 24th reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

Age:  18 Yrs   

Occupation:  Carpenter                                                                                                  

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Baptist

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  10 In                   

Weight:  140 Lbs

Chest:  33-36 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Hazel

Complexion:  Medium

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  25/2/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Thomas Edward Morris

49 Mary Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                           

Embarkation Date:  19/2/1917

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Ballarat A70

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Borda    

Embarked:  11/5/1919                               

Disembarked:  27/6/1919

Unit:  3rd Machine Gun Battalion                                                                                                   

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  4/8/1919                         

Place: 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  63944

Victory Medal:  61808

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  14/2/1898

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  Thomas Edward MORRIS            

Mother:  Louisa RICE

MARRIAGE

Year:  1927     

Place:             

Spouse: Emmie Mildred APLIN

DEATH

Date or Year: 1982                                 

Place: Benalla, Victoria                            

Burial:  ,

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:    V4127                                                

Date Enlisted:    10/7/1940                                                    

Date Discharged:  15/8/1944

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