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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Garland Oswald Morgan |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Sapper |
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| Forename(s): |
Garland Oswald |
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| Surname: |
Morgan |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
4/558 |
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| Date of Birth: |
14 February 1892 |
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| Religion: |
Methodist |
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| First Known Rank: |
Sapper |
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| Occupation before Enlistment: |
Clerk |
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| Next of Kin: |
Mrs Mary Amelia Morgan, 35 Wilson Street, Hawera, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Single |
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| Enlistment Address: |
Bealey Street, Saint Albans, New Zealand |
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| Military District: |
Canterbury |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
Main Body |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
Field Engineers |
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| Embarkation Date: |
16 October 1914 |
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| Place of Embarkation: |
Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Transport: |
HMNZT 3 |
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| Vessel: |
Maunganui |
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| Destination: |
Suez, Egypt |
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| Nominal Roll Number: |
Vol1 |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
516 |
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| Last Unit Served: |
New Zealand Engineers |
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| Place of Death: |
Gallipoli, Turkey |
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| Date of Death: |
11 May 1915 |
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| Age at Death: |
22 |
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| Year of Death: |
1915 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Killed in action |
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| Cemetery Name: |
Quinn's Post Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey |
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| Grave Reference: |
A.27. |
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| Obituary: |
"Sapper G. O. Morgan, Field Engineers, who is reported to have been killed in action at the Dardanelles, was a native of Taranaki, and was about 25 years of age. He was a member of the Post and Telegraph staff at Wellington, and was a keen hockey player and swimming devotee." (Auckland Weekly News, 3 June 1915, p. 20) |
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| Biographical Notes: |
Only son of Tom and Mary Amelia Henry Morgan, of Hawera. |
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| Description of Image: |
Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1915 |
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| Archives NZ source: |
Military personnel file |
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| Further References: |
Queen Elizabeth II Army Memorial Museum, Waiouru, holds the 1915 Diary of Garland Morgan (RV3281). |
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| Sources Used: |
- Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919
- Boyack, N. (1989). Behind the lines : the lives of New Zealand soldiers in the First World War. Wellington, N.Z.: Allen & Unwin/Port Nicholson Press.
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org
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