Alfred MORRIS

Regimental number18833
Date of birth17 April 1888
Place of birthPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationTailor
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 6"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Kathleen Morris, 26 Napier Street, Auckland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date8 February 1916
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 15th Reinforcements, 1st Draft, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 59 Waitemata on 26 July 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 27 August 1917
Discharge date28 December 1917
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 25 July 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 3 October 1916, and marched in to Sling Camp.

Proceeded overseas to France, 20 October 1916; joined 2nd Bn, Auckland Infantry Regiment, in the field, 5 November 1916.

Admitted to No 1 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 18 December 1916 (bronchitis); transferred to No 2 Australian General Hospital, Wimereux, 19 December 1916; to No 1 Convalescent Depot, Boulogne, 19 December 1916; to England, 4 January 1917, and admitted to No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 6 January 1917; to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 7 November 1917.

Classified 'unfit' by Medical Board, 30 July 1917, and placed on NZ Roll.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Plymouth on board HT 'Rumeura', 27 August 1917; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of illness cotracted on Active Service), 28 December 1917.

Total war service: 1 year 324 days (of which 1 year 91 days was abroad)

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death26 December 1950 Auckland
Age at death62
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 37, p. 6
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series18805

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