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Jeffrey Michael Grave Morris

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Headstone, Ambon War Cemetery, Indonesia (1997) - This image may be subject to copyright

Headstone, Ambon War Cemetery, Indonesia (1997) - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Jeffrey Michael Grave AWMM
  • Surname
    Morris AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • NZD2923 AWMM
    • WWII 2923 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
    WW2 Father: Captain E. G. Morris, R.N. C/- High Commissioner for New Zealand, London AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
    Signalman Navy Demobilisation R21465798
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2 POW - Japan RNZN POW (R21346643)
      15 March 1942 AWMM
      Prisoner of War, Japan, Previously reported "Missing" AWMM
    • WW2 POW - Indonesia Chris Brooks POW research
  • 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 illness dysentry of malaria. AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Jeffrey Morris was the son of Edwin Grave Morris and Helen Mabel Morris, of North End, Wellington, New Zealand.

    Survivor of the HMS Exeter 15 March 1942. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    31 January 1945 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Macassar, Celebes AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Ambon War Cemetery, Indonesia AWMM 29 D. 10 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Personnel - Demobilisation - RNZN [Royal New Zealand Navy], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, N1/427 (R21465798) AWMM
    • Royal New Zealand Navy List (c.1921-c.1970) - kindly provided by Ralph McNabb. AWMM
    • Record Book of Naval Personnel - c.1920-1945 - Lists Navy number, alphabetical list of names of ratings trained in England, numerical lists of officers. Archives New Zealand, R21346617, AAYT 8495 N12 AWMM
    • List of Royal New Zealand Navy personnel reported prisoner of war in Japanese hands to 21 August 1945 - Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYT Box 11 (R21346643) AWMM
    • Information on Japanese-run internment (prisoner of war) camps was kindly provided by Chris Brooks. More than 350 Japanese-run military prisoner-of-war and civilian internment and concentration camps were run throughout the "Far East" during World War II. AWMM

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