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Gardiner Morton MORTON

Regimental number3408
Place of birthWingham, New South Wales
SchoolTaree Public School, New South Wales
Other trainingStorekeeper
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationStoreman
AddressTaree, Dove Street, Arncliffe, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs J Morton, Taree, Dove Street, Arncliffe, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date6 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 5 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 23 August 1918
Place of death or woundingChignoller, near Bray, France
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot VII, Row B, Grave No. 14), Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
30
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Jeanie MORTON

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