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John Kerr MORGAN

Regimental number2106
Place of birthMaitland New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMiner
AddressBrunker Street, Kurri Kurri, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation39
Next of kinWife, Mrs Elizabeth Morgan, Brunker Street, Kurri Kurri, New South Wales
Enlistment date7 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentActing Sergeant
Unit name30th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/47/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 16 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll8th Light Trench Mortar Battery
FateDied of wounds 26 January 1917
Age at death from cemetery records40
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block O, Plot IV, Row D, Grave No. 4), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
20
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Kerr and Jessie Kerr MORGAN; husband of Elizabeth MORGAN, 3 Federation Road, Newtown, New South Wales. Native of Seaham Harbour, Co. Durham, England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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