Regimental number | 3599 |
Place of birth | Bulli, New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Biograph operator |
Address | Market Street, Wollongong, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 18 |
Height | 5' 7" |
Weight | 146 lbs |
Next of kin | Brother, J Morgan, Grafton, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Served for 4 years in Citizen Military Forces; still serving at time of AIF enlistment. |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Warwick Farm, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 3rd Battalion, 11th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/20/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 55th Battalion |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of burial | Daours Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 15), Somme, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 161 |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Taken on strength, 3rd Bn, Tel el Kebir, 5 February 1916. Transferred to 55th Bn, 13 February 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Admitted to 1st Anzac Main Dressing Station, 17 January 1917 (dental); discharged to duty, 25 January 1917. Marched out to 5th Army Rest Camp, 11 June 1917; rejoined Bn, in the field, 24 June 1917. On leave to United Kingdom, 24 July 1917; rejoined Bn from leave, 9 August 1917. To 2nd Army Rest Camp, 1 October 1917; rejoined Bn, 15 October 1917. Admitted to 5th Field Ambulance, 15 October 1917 (dental); discharged to duty, 20 October 1917. Admitted to 15th Australian Field Ambulance,, 18 March 1918 (scabies), and transferred to 14th Field Ambulance; discharged to duty, 22 March 1918. Wounded in action, 24 May 1918 (shell wounds, abdomen, left thigh, hand); admitted to 14th Field Ambulance. Died of wounds, 25 May 1918. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Miscellaneous details | Second given name incorrectly entered on Embarkation Roll as Shewllyn. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, MORGAN Pritchard Llewllyn |