Robert Henry Morgan

Forenames

• Robert Henry AWMM
• Robert Henry
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Surname

• Morgan AWMM
• Morgan
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Also known as

Bob

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Service number

• WWI 6/2206 AWMM
• 6/2206
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Gender

• Male AWMM
• Male
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Religion

C/E

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM South Malvern. White Cliffs, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

William Morgan (father), South Malvern, White Cliffs, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 13 Jun 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Battle of the Somme AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 6/2206 AWMM
• 6/2206
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Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 13 Jun 1915-01 Aug 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 25 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti AWMM Private AWMM Canterbury Infantry Battalion AWMM 5th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Canterbury Infantry Regiment AWMM

• Robert Morgan was the son of William W. and Eliza Morgan, of South Malvern, New Zealand. Five sons served. AWMM
• Robert Henry Morgan 3rd son of William Wright Morgan and Eliza Annie Morgan nee Cavanagh. Born 21 June 1889, Chatham Islands.
  Family moved to South Malvern about 1902. He attended both Glentunnel and South Malvern Schools. He was employed as a Shepherd and Shearer in the Canterbury Province, before enlisting.
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Death

11 Sept 1916 AWMM
Age  26 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France AWMM VI. L. 18. AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21377303
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/76192/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/76192
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 517
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 2: Includes portrait
• Ferguson, David (1921). The history of the Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919. Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd: Auckland, N.Z.
• HMNZT 25. The Tahitian tatler : the unofficial organ of that portion of the Fifth Reinforcements on board H.M.N.Z.T. no. 25, Tahiti. (1915). Bombay, India: Printed by the Times Press for the Units of the Fifth New Zealand Reinforcements.