William Alfred Reginald MORGAN

Regimental number3/140A
Date of birth5 November 1892
Place of birthLondon, England
Address8 Argyle Street, Sydenham
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMrs A Morgan, Avondale, Auckland
Enlistment date15 August 1914
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, New Zealand Medical Corps
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Final rankCorporal
Final unitNew Zealand Medical Corps
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel 9), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mr & Mrs Alfred Morgan, Avondale, Auckland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 12 May 1915.

Attached to NZ Division Headquarters, Anzac, 4 September 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria, 27 December 1915 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Transferred to No 2 NZ Field Ambulance, Moascar, 26 February 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 6 April 1916.

Detached on Special Leave, 8 June 1916; rejoined unit, 15 June 1916.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 19 September 1916.

Admitted to No 13 General Hospital, Boulogne, 26 November 1916 (appendicitis); transferred to England, 2 December 1916, and admitted to No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 3 December 1916; transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 16 March 1917; discharged to NZ Convalescent Depot, Codford, 7 April 1917.

Attached to NZ Medical Corps Reserve Group, Sling Camp, 11 May 1917.

Transferred to No 4 NZ Field Ambulance, 21 May 1917.

Promoted Corporal, 28 March 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France and rejoined No 4 Field Ambulance, in the field, 13 September 1917.

Killed in action, 12 October 1917.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Medical Corps/Main Body
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 21377324