BINNING, Samuel Morphett
| Service Number: | 15925 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Army Medical Corps (AIF) |
| Born: | Truro, South Australia., 19 March 1889 |
| Home Town: | Williamstown (SA), Barossa, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Baker |
| Died: | Accidently killed in a trench collapse while working for the Water works Department, Morphetville, South Australia., 2 April 1933, aged 44 years |
| Cemetery: |
Williamstown Cemetery, Williamstown, South Australia Plot 21, Sect SC, Block N, Row 1 |
| Memorials: | Mount Crawford Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 15925, Army Medical Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 15925, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Netta Blatchford
Samuel Morphett BINNING was born in Truro South Australia on 19.03.1889 to Elizabeth Jane MORPHETT (1865 - 1892) and James Biffin BINNING (1862 – 1946). There were 3 children to that marriage:
Eva Althea COLMAN (nee BINNING) (1887 - 1958)
Samuel Morphett BINNING (1889 – 1933)
James Percival BINNING (1890 – 1892)
Samuel Morphett BINNING married Alma Pearl TRESTRAIL (1887 – 1931) on 21.09.1911 at the residence of William Thomas COLLINS in Williamstown, South Australia. There were 5 children to that marriage:
Biffin Turton-Ward BINNING (‘Biff’) (1912 – 1974)
Alithea Jean McMAHON (nee BINNING) (1914 - )
Albert Rex BINNING (1916 – 1955) Served in AIF WW2
Dulcie Joan BINNING (1925 – 1948)
Mary Elizabeth BINNING (1928 – 2014) Married Benjamin EDWARDS in 1949
Military service
Samuel Morphett BINNING joined the AIF on 23.03.1916 in Adelaide South Australia. He was allocated service no 15925 and joined the 2nd Battalion AIF, 2nd Field Ambulance. He left Australia from Melbourne on 25.10.16 and disembarked at Plymouth England on 26.12.16. He served in France from February 1917 until he was wounded in April 2018 and evacuated to a Military Hospital in Chatham England on 19.04.1918. He was repatriated back to Australia on 05.01.1920.
Death
Samuel Morphett BINNING died as the result of an accident at Morphettville on 2 April 1933. He was working as a ganger for the Waterworks Dept. in Adelaide. The coroner determined that he died of injuries incurred when the trench he was working in collapsed.
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