MORGAN, Charles Eric
| Service Numbers: | 95, NX106854 (N38381) |
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| Enlisted: | 21 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Last Unit: | 17th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
| Born: | Mackay, Queensland, Australia , 1896 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Memorials: | East Brisbane War Memorial, Killarney War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Farrier | |
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| 24 Sep 1914: | Involvement 95, 1st Light Horse Brigade Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Anglo Egyptian embarkation_ship_number: A25 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Sep 1914: | Embarked 95, 1st Light Horse Brigade Train, HMAT Anglo Egyptian, Brisbane | |
| 10 May 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 4th Machine Gun Battalion |
World War 2 Service
| 16 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant Colonel, NX106854 (N38381) | |
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| 30 Oct 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant Colonel, 17th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Eric Morgan :
Sharing some history and may be a little inaccurate as only my memories. He enlisted into the first war to the Lighthorse regiment . He could not ride a horse but it was considered elite so he took a crash course and became a blacksmith to get in . Going to Egypt then Gallipoli . Survived the massacre there and transferred to the Machine gun Corp and sent to the front line in France where he received the military medal for bravery in the field. Went to England for reatment of his wounds and to recoperate then back to France ... after WW1 was over Australia’s military where stationed in England and as it took a long time to get them all home . His status was lieutenant and was offered a place At Cambridge University where he studied to become a accountant. Three years later he came home to a position in the taxation department in NSW . Grandad was called up into WW2 . His rank Lieutenant Colonel . He was considered to old for battle so was sent to Qld to train the soldiers and was in charge of training camps there .. military was his calling and he was a fine man. Father to my father and Aunt Ruth . After the war was over he retired in Sydney grew flowers and rarely spoke of the battles he went through as memories were too painful and losses so great with Australian s who fought bravely for our way of life.
Written by: Jane Morgan, granddaughter.
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