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William Morrison

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Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William AWMM
  • Surname
    Morrison AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    William Milne Morrison AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 29836 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    16 December 1873 AWMM Rakaia, Canterbury AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Morrison (brother) AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Messines AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 29836 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 28 June 1916 AWMM
    Age 42 AWMM
    Labourer/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • "On 7 June 1917 Morrison was wounded in action on the first day of the Battle of Messines, when 19 large mines were detonated under the German lines. There were many casualties, Morrision being one of them, with gunshot wounds to his spine, resulting in paraplegia." (Church, p.166)

    He was immediately transferred to No.1 NZGH, Brockenhurst and he died on 17 October.

    This was the second loss for the Morrison family. A younger brother James Henry Morrison, Gunner, 13/527, died on the 21 October 1916 (Church, p.166) AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    17 October 1917 AWMM
    Age 43 AWMM
    Brockenhurst, Hampshire AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Brockenhurst (St Nicholas) Churchyard, Hampshire, England AWMM Plot A, Row 3, Grave 2 AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Middlemarch War Memorial (Strath Taieri & Deep Stream Soldiers' Memorial), Middlemarch, Otago, New Zealand AWMM

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