MORRIS, Cyril Daniel Victor
| Service Numbers: | 2712, N390132 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 August 1915, Holdsworthy, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
| Born: | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 6 March 1898 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not known |
| Occupation: | Clerk & Storeman |
| Died: | Illness, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 10 January 1946, aged 47 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium Roman Catholic Section 15, Grave 44 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, New South Wales Garden of Remembrance (Rookwood Necropolis) |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Aug 1915: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2712, 19th Infantry Battalion, Holdsworthy, NSW | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 2712, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 2712, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 20 Apr 1916: | Transferred Australian Army (Post WW2), 55th Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 Feb 1917: | Transferred Australian Army (Post WW2), 14th Light Trench Mortar Battery | |
| 27 Jun 1919: | Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), N390132, 14th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
World War 2 Service
| 27 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Corporal, N390132, Paddington, Sydney | |
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| 27 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N390132 | |
| 29 Dec 1943: | Discharged N390132, 5 Australian Base Ordnance Depot |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Cyril Daniel Victor MORRIS was born in Rockhampton, Queensland on 6th March, 1898
His parents were Charles Robert MORRIS & Mary Elizabeth MAHER
He enlisted in Holdsworthy, NSW as a Private on 23rd August, 1915 and embarked from Sydney on 2nd November, 1915 with the 19th Infantry Battalion, 6th reinforcements on the HMAT Euripides
He was promoted to Lance Corporal on 22nd August, 1916 but reverted back to a Private on 16th September, 1916
He was transferred to the 55th Battalion on 20th April, 1916 and to the 14th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery on 12th February, 1917
Cyril returned to Australia on 15th January, 1919 on the ship City of Exeter & was discharged on 27th June, 1919
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal
Cyril married Phyllis Eliza WISE in Sydney in 1925 - one daughter Patricia
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World War 2 Service details
Cyril enlisted with the Citizens Military Forces at Paddington in Sydney and served full time in the CMF on 27th February, 1942 with the Central Ordinance Depot (AAOC) Sydney
He was discharged on 29th December, 1943 as medically unfit - his posting was the 5 Australian Base Ordnance Depot
He died of Illness in Sydney on 10th January, 1946 and is buried in the NSW Garden of Remembrance at Rookwood, Roman Catholic Section 15, Grave 44 - his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial
Medals: Australian Service Medal, War Medal & General Service Badge
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