MORROW, Andrew Duncan
| Service Number: | 98 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 August 1914, An original of A Squadron |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 59th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Ballarat College, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Bank Cleark |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 21 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord Plot II, Row F, Grave No. 53 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Colac Soldier's Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 98, 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, An original of A Squadron | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 98, 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Southern embarkation_ship_number: A27 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 98, 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, HMAT Southern, Melbourne | |
| 21 Jul 1916: | Involvement Lieutenant, 59th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 59th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1916-07-21 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Andrew Morrow was the son of Hugh Wilson and Barbara Morrow, 1440 Sturt Street, Ballarat, Victoria. His father died during 1911. He enlisted during August 1914. He served at Gallipoli from the 9 May 1915 with the 1st Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance, being eventually promoted to Sergeant. He transferred to the 59th Battalion during the reorganisation of the AIF in Egypt during early 1916, and promoted to Lieutenant.
He took part in the attack at Fromelles in which the 59th Battalion was decimated. He has 18 pages in his Red Cross file in which several men state he was a highly popular officer and was seen to be hit and fall early during the attack. His service file states he was admitted to the 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station on the 20 July with a gunshot wound to the face. This is not mentioned in his Red Cross file. He was probably brought in by the many stretcher bearers who worked tirelessly after the battle to bring in the many severely wounded men. Andrew died of his wounds on the 21 July 1916 and was buried in the Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension.
His older brother, 3178 Lce. Cpl. Thomas Cuthbert Morrow, 46th Battalion AIF would later the next year, die of wounds at Passchendaele on 12 October 1917, aged 35.
Another brother Lieutenant Hugh Gordon Morrow 39th Battalion AIF, was returned to Australia on the orders of the GOC AIF (Birdwood) 5 April 1918, on account of the death of his two brothers.
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