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Geoffrey John Bentham Morris

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Portrait, Weekly News 17 December 1941 - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait, Weekly News 17 December 1941 - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
    Lieutenant Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 July 2015 - Military History
  • Forenames
    Geoffrey John Bentham AWMM
  • Surname
    Morris AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Ben AWMM
  • Service number
    31165 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    b. 1912 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 July 2023 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Place of birth
    Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 July 2023 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Birth notes
    Son of John Bentham & Annie Isabella MORRIS of Tolaga Bay, East Coast, Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 July 2023 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1940-1941 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Western Desert AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    31165 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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 on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Geoffrey Morris was the son of John Bentham Morris and Annie Isabel Morris, of Tolaga Bay, Auckland, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    25 November 1941 AWMM
    Age 29 AWMM
    Western Desert, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Lieutenant J. G. B. Morris, whose death in action in the Libyan campaign has been notified, was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Morris. Tolaga Bay, and a nephew of Mr. W. G. Sherratt, Gisborne. He was commissioned in New Zealand, and went abroad with an early draft of the Second New’Zealand Expeditionary Force Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 February 2024 - GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXVIII, ISSUE 20634, 9 DECEMBER 1941, PAGE 9
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  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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    • Alamein Memorial, El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
    • Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne AWMM

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Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2184506
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.338 AWMM
    • Puttick, E. (1960). 25 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
27 February 2024Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher
21 July 2015Lorraine MGisborne, NzResearcher

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