Henry Morris
Born 8 Jun 1893 - Died 4 Oct 1917
- Service number
- WWI 24/1757 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Regiment AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Henry AWMM
- Surname
- Morris AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 24/1757 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
- Church of England, Christian AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 8 Jun 1893 AWMM
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Pre 18 Oct 1915 AWMM Matakohe, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Charles Morris (father), Ararua, Matakohe, Kaipara, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 08 Jan 1916 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
- 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
- 1917 AWMM Passchendaele AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 24/1757 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 18 Oct 1915 AWMM
Age 22 AWMM
Farmer/Civilian AWMM - Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 08 Jan 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 38 or HMNZT 39 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti or Warrimoo AWMM Rifleman AWMM 3rd Reinforcements, 2nd Battalion, F Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Wounded in Action 16.9.1916 (Somme) - Gun Shot wound to Chest AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Admitted No. 1 NZ Field Ambulance 15.9.1916 AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Admitted No 36 Casualty Clearance Station 15.9.1916 AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Admitted No. 3 Stationary Clearance Hospital, Rouen, France 16.9.1916 AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Admitted to Brockenhurst 19.9.1916 AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Discharged to Convalescence Depot -Codford on 25.10.1916 AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Admitted to 3rd NZGH Codford with Mumps 5.4.1917 AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Discharged and admitted to Convalescence Depot Codford 18.4.1917 AWMM - Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
- Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- In Embarkation Roll, Next of Kin stated as Charles Morris (father), but all other documentation has Next of Kin as James Morris.
Was originally reported missing on 4.10.1917. A later Court of Enquiry held on 7 April 1918, having no evidence of Private Morris having been admitted to hospital or captured as a Prisoner of War found him killed in action on 4 October 1917.
His medals were sent to his father, Mr J. Morris of Pah Rd, Onehunga.
Next of Kin: Mr J. Morris, Pah Rd, Onehunga (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM
About death
- Death
- 4 Oct 1917 AWMM
Age 24 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
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM L.F.9 AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Matakohe War Memorial, WW1, Matakohe, New Zealand AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21377513
Further Reference - No 1 New Zealand General Hospital, Brockenhurst
http://southernlife.org.uk/nzindex.htm
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/464008/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/464008
Further Reference - Passchendaele Museum Profile
https://archives.passchendaele.be/en/soldier/3501
Further Reference - New Zealand War Graves Trust
https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- Macdonald, L. (1978). Passchendaele : the story of the third Battle of Ypres 1917. London : Penguin Books.
- Harper, G. (2000). Massacre at Passchendaele : the New Zealand story. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
16: 9 - 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. 5: Includes portrait - Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
- Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
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