norris, frank (aka morris, frank)
DESCRIPTION
Service Number 1156 / 2156. Died of Wounds 3rd August 1915. At Sea on board SS "Reiwa."TRANSCRIPT
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Gosford District Casualties of World War One
Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494
Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula
Gosford District Casualties of World War One
Norris, Frank (aka Morris, Frank) Service Number 1156 / 2156
Died of Wounds 3rd August 1915 At Sea on board SS “Reiwa”
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Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of
Benalyn Campbell
And Vivienne Tranter
in compiling this resource
The information in this file has been extracted from official records
held in the
The Australian War Memorial and
National Archives of Australia
(© Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013)
Further information on this soldier may be found online at:
Commonwealth War Graves
The AIF project
Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children
using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context
provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1st AIF.
This resource is presented by Gosford City Council
for research purposes only. Please note that copyright for resources
contained within remains with the original copyright owners.
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NAME Norris/Morris, Frank
SERVICE NO 1156/ 2156
UNIT 1st Inf. Bde/ 3
rd Reinfs./3
rd Battalion
RANK Private
AGE at Enlistment 24 yrs
PLACE OF BIRTH Gosford, NSW
ADDRESS
OCCUPATION Labourer
DATE OF ENLISTMENT 7 Oct 1914
PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT
Rosehill, NSW
PREVIOUS SERVICE
NEXT OF KIN Friend;- G Matthews, c/- Centennial Hotel, Scott St. Newcastle/ 242 Palmer St. Darlinghurst. Mother;- Agnes Morris, 4 Centre St Redfern, NSW/ 17 Little Belmore St Syd-ney/
PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION
Height-5’6”. Weight-10st 13lbs. Chest-34-36½”. Complexion-Dark. Eyes-Brown. Hair-Black.
RELIGION R/C
EMBARKED
DISEMBARKED
NOTES
WOUNDED/ILLNESS
DIED 3 Aug 1915- at Sea on board SS “Reiwa” GSW Neck rec in action
BURIED 3 Aug 1915-at Sea by Rev V L Keelan.
MEDALS 1914-15 Star-11380, British War Medal-5703, Victory Medal-5689. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-301950
DEPENDANTS
PERSONAL EFFECTS Cards
WILL Beneficiary;- George Matthews
CORRESPONDENCE Mother Public Trustee. Letter from soldier to the Sisters of Kincumber Orphanage.
REMARKS Mother unaware of sons enlistment. Father deceased. Mother states he was younger than stated on enlistment papers, he & his sis-ters had been placed with the Sisters of Kincumber Orphanage, & he had run away from there approx 1909/ Confusion as name Morris/Norris
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