MORLEY, Claude Ronald
Service Number: | 2417 |
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Enlisted: | 25 May 1915, Liverpool |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 7 September 1889 |
Home Town: | Lindfield, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Analytical Chemist |
Died: | Natural causes, Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia, 29 June 1964, aged 74 years |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Darlinghurst St John's Anglican Church Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
25 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2417, 4th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool | |
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14 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 2417, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
14 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 2417, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Sydney | |
4 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2417, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
12 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Machine Gun Company | |
5 Feb 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
5 Feb 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
24 Nov 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
15 Oct 1918: | Honoured Military Cross, "The Last Hundred Days", For conspicuous gallantry and leadership near Strazeele on 11 July 1918 he took out a patrol of four other ranks and got round in rear of enemy posts, of which there were six in the area, with a garrison of four or five men each, and some with machine guns. With his little party he surprised one post after another and captured twenty-five prisoners and four machine guns, thus enabling the line to be advanced 250 yards. He did splendid service | |
20 Apr 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Infantry Battalion, HT Boonah, Plymouth for return to Australia - disembarking Sydney 11 June 1919. | |
10 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Infantry Battalion |
WW1
The details provided are taken from the book "Stealth Raiders - a few daring men in 1918" written by Lucas Jordan, published 2017, refer to pages 151 to 155 + 272. Prior to the war he was a analytical chemist of Lindfield NSW. He enlisted 25th May 1915 aged 25 years. He served with the 1st Infantry Battalion, rising through the ranks to Lieutenant. During this service as an Officer he was awarded the Military Cross. He survived the war, departing the UK for home 20th April 1919.
Submitted 16 March 2020 by Maxwell HILL