Pioneers of Armour in the Great War by David A Finlayson & David A Finlayson

Author:David A Finlayson & David A Finlayson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: HISTORY / Military / World War I
ISBN: 9781526715074
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2017-11-30T05:00:00+00:00

Morgan embarked for overseas service on HMAT A13 Katuna in Port Melbourne on 20 June 1916. On 1 August 1917 he was promoted corporal, remaining with the Light Car Patrol until the end of hostilities. In late December 1918 he contracted cerebral malaria and was evacuated on the hospital ship Assaye at Alexandretta in Turkey, arriving in Alexandria, Egypt, where he was admitted to the 14th Australian General Hospital. He embarked on HT Marghs at Suez on 29 January 1919 and disembarked in Port Melbourne on 4 March 1919.85

Corporal Morgan was discharged as medically unfit on 12 April. He was entitled to the British War and Victory Medals and the Returned Soldier’s and Silver War Badges for his service. After discharge Morgan returned to Castlemaine where he resumed his trade as a fitter. He died on 27 June 1965 at Castlemaine, Victoria, and was buried at the Chewton Cemetery.

80. A light car and crew at Aleppo in November 1918.

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