Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

From left to right, Standing - Private C H Morgan, Driver Les Doig, Driver Jack McArthur.
Sitting - Sergt D Allardice.
Morgan C H Pte 453 Cecil Harvey 7 Inf Bn 24 Mechanic Single C of E
Address: Essendon, Robb St, 11
Next of Kin: Morgan W J, 11 Robb St, Essendon
Enlisted: 17 Aug 1914
Embarked: A20 Hororata 19 Oct 1914
Relatives on Active Service:
Morgan-E-R-Pte-6544 brother
Morgan-L-M-Pte-343 brother
Morgan-W-J-Pte-2208 brother KIA
Returned to Australia 8/10 1918. Private, 7th Battalion
Letter from Private Jack McArthur who played for the Fitzroy Football Club:
I am enclosing a photograph of three other chaps and myself. Perhaps you know some of them. C. H. Morgan was a leading member of the Essendon Rowing Club; Driver Les Doig was also a prominent member of the same club, and well-known among metropolitan oarsmen ; he is also a recruit of the Essendon Association football team; Sergeant Dave Allidice is a well-known cyclist of a few years back, and once held the record from Melbourne to Sydney.
GALLANT AUSTRALIAN BOYS IN FRANCE. (1917, November 14). Winner (Melbourne, Vic. : 1914 - 1917), p. 8. Retrieved September 15, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154545558
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Mentioned in these publications:
2 Parish Magazine March 1915 p9;
3 Parish Magazine April 1915 p2
Mentioned in this correspondence:
Letter by Morgan-W-J-Pte-2208 published in the Essendon Gazette on 23 March 1916
The remaining brother, Cecil, No. 453, 7th Battalion, is a signaller in France. He was wounded on Gallipoli shortly after the landing, and still has one of the bullets in his right shoulder, which the Army Medical authorities hesitate to remove, as it would probably result in the loss of the use of the right arm.
Extract from a longer report in the Essendon Gazette on the death of his brother Morgan W J Pte 2208
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The parents of Private Cecil H. Morgan, 7th Battalion A.I.F. (formerly of 11 Robb street but now of 55 McCarron parade, Essendon) have been notified that he is returning to Australia. He is one of the original Anzacs, wounded on Gallipoli, and his name appeared in the casualty list published October 28th last, wounded, second occasion-(gas). His brother, Private Ernest R. Morgan, was wounded October, 1917, and April, 1918, and was in hospital when last writing, with septic wound in leg.
ROLL OF HONOR. (1918, November 21). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: Morning. Retrieved September 3, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74607706
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One Thousand Days with the AIF
Moonee Ponds Girls Khaki Club - won a prize.
War Service Commemorated
Essendon Town Hall L-R
Essendon Rowing Club
Essendon State School
MUIOOF Loyal Albert Lodge (C )
Patriotic Concert 1914
St Thomas' Anglican Church
Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour Wounded
Regimental Register
“Send off to the Essendon Boys”
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