Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918
Group portrait of officers of the 23rd Battalion aboard HMAT Euripides en route to Egypt. Lieutenant Frank Morris (later Captain) is identified in the third row from the front, third from the left. Lieutenant Ernest Ederblom King (later Major) is in the front row, sencond from the left. AWM P10699.002.
Morris F Lieut Frank 23 Inf Bn 41 Mechanic Married C of E
Address: Flemington, Shields St, 86 "Helouan"
Next of Kin: Morris, E E, Mrs, 86 Shields St, Flemington
Enlisted: 28 Dec 1914
Embarked: A14 Euripides 10 May 1915
Relatives on Active Service:
Morris-F-A-discharged son
Date of Death 30 July 1919
Recorded CWGC
FAWKNER MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY
Captain Frank Morris, who died on Wed-
nesday at the Essendon emergency hospital,
was invalided from Gallipoli in February,
1916. He was captain in the 23rd Battalion,
A.I.F. Before the war he had had a long
military experience. He was for 11½
years in the Garrison Artillery, and was a
lieutenant with the 61st Battalion Senior
Cadets. He commanded "A" sub-command
guard at Queenscliff in 1915 before embarka-
tion for the front. Since his return he had
been area officer at North Melbourne, and CO.
58th Battalion, Senior Cadets. At the time of
his death he was an inspector under the
Width of Tyres Act for the Country Roads
Board.
2 August 1919
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4709862
MORRIS. In honourable memory of our comrade,
Captain Frank Morris, who died at Essendon
Emergency Hospital on July 30, 1919, (Inserted by
the 23rd Battalion Association.)
Family Notices. (1919, August 2). The Argus
(Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 13.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4709867
RTA 3/1/1916 As a Captain.
War Service Commemorated
St George's Anglican Church
Regimental Register
AWM Roll of Honour
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