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Dennis Home Morrison

Chapel King's College Otahuhu. CC BY John Halpin 2014.

Chapel King's College Otahuhu. CC BY John Halpin 2014.

Identity

  • Title
  • Forenames
    Dennis Home AWMM
  • Surname
    Morrison AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 7207 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 7207 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • 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
    Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
    Died of sickness and exhaustion while a prisoner of war AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Mrs. C. A. Morrison. His nationality is recorded by CWGC as United Kingdom

    Dennis Morrison of Auckland attended King's College from 1915-23. He went to Malaya in 1931 where he managed a newspaper.

    He became an active member of the Negre Sembilan Battalion of the Federated Malay States Volunteer Forces. In the Japanese invasion he conducted delaying actions down the peninsula and was captured on the fall of Singapore. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    13 August 1943 AWMM
    Age 35 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Sp. Mem. 2. P. 63., Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Kanchanaburi, Thailand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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