Stephen Ross MORGAN

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Service Numbers:	116, S65439
Enlisted:	21 April 1942
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mclaren Vale, SA, 15 September 1893
Home Town:	Myponga, Yankalilla, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Light Work
Died:	Murray Bridge , 13 July 1997, aged 103 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

12 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 116, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide
12 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 116, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''

21 Apr 1942:	Involvement Lance Corporal, S65439
21 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Yankalilla, SA
21 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, S65439
3 Oct 1945:	Discharged

Ross sailed for England January 1916

He was hospitalised on arrival after nearly dying from seasickness caused by storms off the west coast of Africa.

He returned home to Australia Seotember 1917.

During WW11 Ross managed a property at Hindmarsh Tiers so the owner could enlist in the RAAF.