Richard Victor MORSE DSO, MID, MID

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Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	13 January 1916, Australian Engineering and Electric company
Last Rank:	Major
Last Unit:	Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company
Born:	Rockdale, New South Wales, Australia, 4 September 1885
Home Town:	Lindfield, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales
Schooling:	Sydney Grammar School and Sydney Technical College, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Engineer
Died:	War related - gassings, Leeton, New South Wales, Australia, 26 January 1925, aged 39 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

13 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Mining Corps, Australian Engineering and Electric company
20 Feb 1916:	Involvement Captain, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
20 Feb 1916:	Embarked Captain, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney
20 Feb 1916:	Embarked Captain, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney
20 Feb 1916:	Involvement Captain, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
1 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Major, Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company
7 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Major, Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company
4 Oct 1917:	Honoured Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 169 Date: 4 October 1917
4 Oct 1917:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Awarded, and promulgated, 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 169 (4 October 1917).
30 Oct 1919:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Awarded, and promulgated, 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 124 (30 October 1919).
12 Jan 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Major, Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company, 2nd MD

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