MORSCHEL, George Austin
| Service Number: | 12452 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 January 1916, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 1st Australian Army Service Corps Company |
| Born: | Berry, New South Wales, Australia , 10 April 1891 |
| Home Town: | Berry, Shoalhaven Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Berry Public School |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Tuberculosis, Sydney Hall Military Hospital, Weymouth, England, United Kingdom, 25 January 1917, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Melcombe Regis Cemetery, Dorset, England Plot III, Row C, Grave 2766 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Berry Honour Roll, Berry War Memorial |
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
George Austin MORSCHEL was born in 1891 in Berry, New South Wales
His parents were George Paul MORSCHEL (known as John) and Frances WILLIAMS who married in 1888 in Nowra, NSW
He had previously served for 2 years in the Senior Cadets before he enlisted in Sydney on 31st January, 1916 as a Driver in the Army Service Corp.
George was hospitalised several times during his service due to illness and died on 25th January, 1917 at the Sydney Hall Military Hospital , Weymouth UK due to tubercle in his lung - he is buried in Melcombe Regis Cemetery in Dorset
He was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal
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IN MEMORIAM - Trove
MORSCHEL - In loving memory of our dear son & brother, George Austin Morschel (ASC) died in England, January 25, 1917
"Loved by all"
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