Percy Campbell Parker MORRIS

Regimental number61713
Date of birth23 June 1877
Place of birthDunedin
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationSteward
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation39
Height5' 4"
Weight130 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs A B Morris, 98 Rintoul Street, Wellington South
Previous military serviceNil (previously rejected for enlistment; grounds: 'Don't know')
Enlistment date2 May 1917
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 31st Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Regiment, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 97 Tahiti on 16 November 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 2 December 1918
Discharge date6 February 1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 16 November 1917; disembarked Liverpool, England, 7 January 1918.

Proceeded overseas to France, 20 March 1918; posted to, and taken on strength of, 2nd Bn, Wellington Infantry Regiment, 6 April 1918.

Wounded in action, 27 April 1918 (gun shot wound, left forearm); admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance, 28 April 1918; transferred to 3rd Canadian Stationary Hospital, Doullens, 28 April 1918; to 12th General Hospital, Rouen, 29 April 1918; discharged to Base Depot, 10 May 1918.

Admitted to 24th General Hospital, Etaples, 16 May 1918 (left forearm); discharged to No 10 Convalescent Depot, Ecault, 29 May 1918; to No 5 Convalescent Depot, Cayeux, 9 June 1918.

Transferred to Medical Board, 26 July 1918.

Commenced return to Australia from Liverpool on board HMNZT 'Maunganui', 2 December 1918; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service: myalgia, concussion), 6 February 1919.

Total war service: 1 year 281 days (of which 1 year 55 days was abroad).
Miscellaneous detailsParents: John (b. Shetland Islands) and Lillian (b. Scotland) MORRIS
Date of death29 February 1926 Nelson (motor accident)
Age at death48
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 75, p. 8
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805