Garland Oswald Morgan
Born 14 Feb 1892 - Died 11 May 1915
- Service number
- WWI 4/558 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Sapper AWMM New Zealand Engineers AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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About birth
- Birth
- 14 Feb 1892 AWMM
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- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM Bealey Street, Saint Albans, New Zealand AWMM
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- Next of kin
- Mrs Mary Amelia Morgan, 35 Wilson Street, Hawera, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 4/558 AWMM
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Military decorations
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Training and Enlistment
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM Clerk AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 3 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Sapper AWMM New Zealand Field Engineers AWMM Main Body AWMM
Prisoner of war
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Sapper AWMM
New Zealand Engineers AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Only son of Tom and Mary Amelia Henry Morgan, of Hawera.
Queen Elizabeth II Army Memorial Museum, Waiouru, holds the 1915 Diary of Garland Morgan (RV3281). AWMM
About death
- Death
- 11 May 1915 AWMM
Age 22 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Killed in Action AWMM
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- Cemetery
- Quinn's Post Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey AWMM A.27. AWMM
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- Obituary
- Sapper G. O. Morgan, Field Engineers, who is reported to have been killed in action at the Dardanelles, was a native of Taranaki, and was about 25 years of age. He was a member of the Post and Telegraph staff at Wellington, and was a keen hockey player and swimming devotee. (Auckland Weekly News, 3 June 1915, p. 20) AWMM
- The Following is from the publication De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour - MORGAN, GARLAND OSWALD, Sapper, No. 4/558, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, only son of Tom Henry Morgan, of Hawera, New Zealand, by his wife, Mary, daughter of Daniel Nuttall; born Hawera, New Zealand, 14 December 1902; educated there; was Head Clerk in the Old Age Pension Department, Christchurch; enlisted 18 August 1914; left with the main body for Egypt the following October; proceeded to Gallipoli 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action at Monash Gully by a sniper 11 May following. Buried in the Monash Gully . At about 4 a.m., 11 May, 1915, a squad including Sapper Morgan was sent out to lay a loop on the line. Sapper Morgan had been on duty all night, and was really entitled to a rest, but he practically begged to be allowed to carry out this dangerous mission. He had only been away about 20 minutes when a member of the squad tapped the wire with his portable telephone, and intimated that Morgan had been shot through the heart by sniper. An officer wrote "Sapper Morgan was always ready to tackle any work at any time. He was equally good as a Sapper or Driver, and was very highly thought of by the officers commanding the company."Public - Vincent - Researcher - 14 December 2020 - De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour
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Memorial
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Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21377230
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/604586/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/604586
Further Reference - WW1 Lives website
https://ww1lives.com/sapper-4-558-garland-oswald-morgan-22-killed-in-action/Public - Vincent - Researcher - 18 December 2020 - The sources are on the webpage.
- Military personnel file
- References
- Boyack, N. (1989). Behind the lines : the lives of New Zealand soldiers in the First World War. Wellington, N.Z.: Allen & Unwin/Port Nicholson Press.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 516 - Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
- Auckland Weekly News
Obituary: 3 June 1915, p. 20. - Annabell, N. Official History of the New Zealand Engineers during the Great War 1914–1919. Wanganui: Evans, Cobb & Sharpe, 1927.
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