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