MORRISON  R.D.

Given Names:  Robert Darling

               

Service Number:  6541

Unit:  5th Battalion, 21st reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  26 Yrs  6 Mths

Occupation:  Clerk                                                                                                         

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Presbyterian

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  6 In                     

Weight:  140 Lbs

Chest:  36½-38 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  8/8/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Abraham Morrison

33 Fenhurst Grove, Kew, Victoria                                                                                     

Embarkation Date:  2/10/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Nestor A71

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Barambah                                       

Embarked:  8/4/1917                                 

Disembarked:  9/6/1917

Unit:  5th Battalion                                                                                                                        

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  19/12/1917                     

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  54899

Victory Medal:  Not earned

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1890

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  Abraham MORRISON                 

Mother:  Isabella Grace DARLING

 

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 22/4/1938                          

Place: Kew, Victoria                                

Burial:  Kew Cemetery, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Suffered pneumonia in England and did not enter war zone

 

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Kew Presbyterian Church

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary