John Kirkpatrick MORRIS

MORRIS, John Kirkpatrick

Service Number: 404251
Enlisted: 19 July 1940
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: No. 102 Squadron (RAF)
Born: Brisbane, Queensland, 3 May 1920
Home Town: Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Accidental air crash, Bladersby, England, United Kingdom, 14 April 1942, aged 21 years
Cemetery: Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery, North Yorkshire, England
Grave Reference: Section G/Row L/Grave 12., Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial
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World War 2 Service

19 Jul 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 404251, Brisbane, Queensland
19 Jul 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 404251, No. 102 Squadron (RAAF)
14 Apr 1942: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 404251, No. 102 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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Biography contributed by Daniel Bishop

John Kirkpatrick MORRIS was cremated at Darlington Crematorium in Durham, England; Grave Location: Sec G/Row L/Grave 12; his memorial is in Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery - Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England.

Son of Thomas John & Agnes Kirkpatrick MORRIS, of Cameron St, Nundah, Qld.

"404251 Sergeant John Kirkpatrick Morris, RAAF, 102 Squadron RAF, of Brisbane, Qld. Sgt Morris was a clerk before enlisting on 19 July 1940. He was accidentally killed at the age of 21 on 14 April 1942. He was a crew member of a Halifax bomber (serial number FA R9488) which crashed while on air test at Bladersby, near Ripon, England, killing all on board." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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