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John Anthony MORSE

Regimental number6810
Place of birthEngland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressBellinger River, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs Edith Mable Kincaid, South Arm, Bellinger River, New South Wales
Enlistment date3 May 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name20th Battalion, 20th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/37/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 21 June 1917
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Field Artillery Brigade
FateKilled in Action 17 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot IV, Row I, Grave No. 10), Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
14
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Captain Frank MORSE, DSO, and Edith KINCAID, Urunga, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 129 Pte Harold Alexander MORSE-KINCAID, 3rd Division Supply Column, returned to Australia, 11 December 1918; 1020 Pte Frank Robert MORSE-KINCAID, Imperial Camel Corps, killed in action, 8 January 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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