BOLGER, Roy, Private, 11th Battalion

Rank: Private

Regimental Number: 5798

Place of Birth: Ballarat, Victoria

Address: Canning Road, East Fremantle

Next of Kin: Father, James. Bolger, 65 Canning Road, East Fremantle, Western Australia

Enlistment Date: 13 March 1916

Unit Name: 11th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement

Age embarkation: 19

Marital Status: Single

Occupation: Butcher


 
 

JARVIS, Cecil Ivan, Private, 11th Battalion

Rank: Private

Regimental Number: 447

Place of Birth: Fremantle, Western Australia

Address: 88 King Street(WW1), East Fremantle

Next of Kin: Wife, Alice Jarvis

Enlistment Date: 8 September 1914

Unit Name: 11th Battalion, D Company

Age embarkation: 20

Marital Status: Single

Occupation: Labourer

Date of Death:

Place of Burial: -

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HISTORY

BIRTH 2 DEC 1893 • Fremantle WA
DEATH 19 MAR 1958 • East Fremantle

Cecil Ivan Jarvis, son of Elizabeth died 1912 and father John Jarvis died 1907 (before the war).

Joined 11th battalion 1914- served until 1920

Married Alice Fairhurst in England in 1916 but returned to live in 120 Marmion St, East Fremantle in 1924 and worked as a Tram conductor. They lived at 120 Marmion from 1924 until 1958.

1925 Assault. Percy Russell was fined £1 with £3 2s 6d costs at the Fremantle Police Court yesterday for having on August 8 assaulted Cecil Ivan Jarvis, a tram conductor. Mr. L. Coleman prosecuted on behalf of the Fremantle Tramway Board. (reference)

1938 Assaults Tram Conductor. For having assaulted a tram conductor Edward George Taylor, a young man, was fined £3 with £3 7s costs in Fremantle Police Court today. Taylor admitted a charge of having assaulted Cecil Ivan Jarvis. Mr. F. G. Unmack, who prosecuted on behalf of the Tramway Board, said that about 7.45 p.m. on February 19 Taylor boarded an East Fremantle tram while it was in motion. He was carrying two bottles of beer, one of which dropped and smashed. Apparently incensed at his loss, counsel said, Taylor then went into the saloon of the tram, where Jarvis was collecting fares, and struggled with him. (reference)

LEEDS, Clement Edmund Patterson, Private, 11th Battalion

Rank: Private

Regimental Number: 4240

Place of Birth: Fremantle Western Australia

Address: 7 Palace Court, St George's Terrace, Perth, Western Australia

Next of Kin: Father, Mr A G Leeds

Enlistment Date: 14 September 1915

Unit Name: 11th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement

Age embarkation: 18

Marital Status: Single

Occupation: Boundary rider

Date of Death: -

Place of Burial: -

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KIRTON, Alexander, Lance Sergeant, 11th Battalion

Rank: Lance Sergeant

Regimental Number: 450

Place of Birth: Bunbury, Western Australia

Address: Hill Street, East Fremantle, Western Australia

Next of Kin: Father, Richard G Kirton

Enlistment Date: 14 August 1914

Unit Name: 11th Battalion, D Company

Age embarkation: 20

Marital Status: Single

Occupation: Bank clerk

Date of Death: 18 February 1916

Place of Burial: Cairo War Memorial Cemetery (Row D, Grave No. 321), Egypt


History


There are three Kirtons on the East Fremantle Roll of Honour: Alec, his brother Gervase (known as Roland), and their sister Dora, the only woman on the Roll of Honour.

They were the children of chemist and former brickmaker, Richard Gervase Kirton and his wife Mary Anne nee Mann. Gervase and Dora were born in England before the family came to Western Australia in the late 1880s. The family initially lived in Glen Iris, near Bunbury, where Alec was born in 1893 and where Richard established The Kirton Patent Pottery Co in 1902. In 1904 they moved up to Belmont where Richard became a town councillor and opened his pottery on a new site on Grandstand Road, near the river, in July 1904. 

Though it was the first pottery in Perth and Richard made a diverse range of roofing tiles, terracotta horticultural pots and agricultural pipes, the pottery quietly went into liquidation in February 1906. Another pottery took it over and, in the 1930s, became Brisbane & Wunderlich. Today the kilns and chimneys, dating from Kirton Patent Pottery Co’s time, are heritage-listed; a significant feature of Belmont’s history.

After the failure of his pottery Richard turned his hand back to chemistry, took up premises in Central Chambers, High Street, Fremantle, and moved his family to East Fremantle. 

Alec (20) was a bank clerk and still living at home when he enlisted at the outbreak of war in August 1914. Assigned to the 11th Battalion, Alec survived the landing at Gallipoli but a dilated heart saw him evacuated to the 1st Australian Stationary Hospital in Mudros on Lemnos Island, Greece, on 1 June 1915, and on to Alexandria where he was admitted to hospital on 6 June. In August 1915, instead of being sent back to Gallipoli, he was sent for training at the Imperial School of Instruction (for Officers) in Zeitoun, Egypt. He did very well and, on 9 January 1916, was promoted to regimental quartermaster sergeant. 

Six weeks later though, on 18 February, Alec was fatally injured in a bomb blast at the school, and died shortly afterwards, aged just 21.

Roland (33), an assistant chemist, enlisted a few weeks after Alec, in September 1914. He, his wife Elizabeth, and their two small children Roma and Gervase, lived in Menzies, but he enlisted in Perth in September 1914. He was assigned to the Australian Army Medical Corps and arrived in Egypt in late December 1915, a few weeks after Alec. He served with the 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital (2ASH) at Mena Camp outside Cairo, where Alec was also camped. They would have seen each other around camp and made their farewells in March 1915, when the 11th Battalion was sent to wait in Mudros Harbour at Lemnos for the Gallipoli campaign to begin. 

Back home, on 18 April, Roland’s tiny daughter Roma (3) died in Menzies Hospital. He would have received the news shortly thereafter, but there was no time to mourn her loss for, on 19 April, Gervase and the 2ASH packed up and moved to Mudros, arriving just as the troops were leaving Lemnos for Gallipoli. There, he dealt with the influx of sick and wounded from Gallipoli while his wife, Elizabeth, and son, Gervase (2), moved down to 121 George Street, East Fremantle, to be near the rest of his family. In May, some comfort would have come from seeing Alec for the few days he was at 1AGH, nearby.

After the Gallipoli campaign dragged to a close Roland was sent to Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt, where he heard his brother Alec had been killed in the bomb blast at Zeitoun. He became ill and was seriously depressed; his nerves had been shattered and he was unable to stop fretting about his family. After he was diagnosed with debility, another name for shell shock, a line was drawn under his war service. He was assigned nursing and mess duties on the Runic and returned to Australia in May 1916. He was discharged on 4 July. 

Dora (31) enlisted in July 1915. She had trained for three and a half years at Fremantle Public Hospital, qualifying in 1911 with her Medical and Surgical Certificates, and subsequently worked as matron at a private hospital.

She initially nursed on Hospital Transport Ships, nursing the sick and wounded returning to Australia from the front. Later, she served in hospitals in Egypt, convalescent homes in England and in tent hospitals and casualty clearing stations in on the Western Front. She fell ill with influenza in December 1916 in England, but swiftly recovered and resumed duty.

In France on 9 July 1918 she suffered burns to her face and hair when a small (methylated) spirit stove exploded as she lit it. She recovered, and resumed duty on 6 August. Three weeks later she was posted to the 57th Casualty Clearing Station, and returned to the 25AGH on 22 September where she was soon after promoted to sister.

In late-November 1918, in France, Dora was hospitalised with a second bout of influenza at Wimereux, where she was also subsequently diagnosed with debility. With the Armistice having been signed and the war over, she was sent to the newly-opened nurses’ convalescent home, the superb Villa Casa del Mare, Cabbe Roquebrune, for Christmas 1918. After this well-earned rest, Dora rejoined her unit on 6 January 1919.

Dora spent the majority of 1919 nursing in England, but took the opportunity to attend a cooking course at the British School of Cookery in Regent Street, London, between 1 April and 23 June, and enjoyed another month’s leave in England from mid-August. She returned to Australia on the Benalla in November 1919, choosing to be demobilized in Victoria, where she was finally discharged on 21 June 1920.

The next year, in NSW, Dora married wool classer Cecil Alcorn, from Jerrys Plain’s, NSW. Seven years her junior, Cecil had served with the 30th Battalion, and studied to become a commissioned lieutenant. He lost his right leg after being wounded in action in October 1918, and was awarded a Belgian Croix de Guerre for conspicuous services in the field. Cecil became the head teacher in the Technical Education Branch’s Sheep and Wool Department and, for most of the rest of Cecil’s life, they lived in a gracious Federation home in Summer Hill, just outside of Sydney. 

Dora never returned to live in Western Australia. Cecil retired in 1953 and died in Summer Hill in 1957, aged 66. Dora survived Cecil by seven years and died in Artarmon, NSW, in 1965, aged 81. 

Roland never returned to live in Western Australia either. After his return in 1916 he donned khakis again in January 1918, and worked as a recruiting organiser but, after the war, he and his wife Elizabeth, son Gervase, and their baby daughter Loma, born in June 1918, moved to Townsville, Queensland, where he died in 1976, aged 95. 

Researched and written by Shannon Lovelady for www.streetsofeastfreo


JOSE, John Joseph, Lance Corporal, 11th Battalion

Rank: Lance Corporal

Regimental Number: 313

Place of Birth: Kerang, Victoria

Address: 20 Moir Street, Perth, Western Australia

Next of Kin: Mrs Ivy Ada Jose

Enlistment Date: 2 September 1914

Unit Name: 11th Battalion, C Company

Age embarkation: 30

Marital Status: Married

Occupation: Wood machinist

Date of Death: 24 January 1951

Place of Burial: Karrakatta Cemetery

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JOHNSTON, William James, Sapper, 11th Battalion

Rank: Sapper

Regimental Number: 5114

Place of Birth: -

Address: Perth, Western Australia

Next of Kin: Brother, G Johnston

Enlistment Date: 4 November 1915

Unit Name: 11th Battalion, July 1916 Reinforcements

Age embarkation: 40

Marital Status: Single

Occupation: Carpenter/Pearler

Date of Death: -

Place of Burial: -

Links: -


HOLLANDS, Arthur Sydney, Private, 11th Battalion

Rank: Private

Regimental Number: 3828

Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria

Address: 74 Glyde Street(WW1: 138), East Fremantle, Western Australia

Next of Kin: Mother, Mrs H Hollands

Enlistment Date: 5 July 1915

Unit Name: 11th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement

Age embarkation: 20

Marital Status: Single

Occupation: Clerk

Date of Death: 25 July 1916

Place of Burial: No known grave

Links: -


History

1917 War Casualties. Mrs. H. Hollands, of 138 Glyde-street, East Fremantle, has received word that her son, Arthur Sydney, reported missing on July 25, 1916, was killed in action on that date. (reference)

HEARDER, Dixon, Captain, 11th Battalion

Rank: Captain

Regimental Number: -

Place of Birth: -

Address: -

Next of Kin: Wife, Dorothy Hearder

Enlistment Date:

Unit Name: 11th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement

Age embarkation: 35

Marital Status: Married

Occupation: Solicitor

Date of Death: -

Place of Burial: -

Links: -


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HART, Albert Owen, Lance Corporal, 11th Battalion

Rank: Lance Corporal

Regimental Number: 440

Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales

Address: 50 Duro Road(WW1), South Fremantle

Next of Kin: Mrs Hart

Enlistment Date: 14 August 1914

Unit Name: 11th Battalion, D Company

Age embarkation: 23

Marital Status: Single

Occupation: Boundary rider

Date of Death: 30 May 1916

Place of Burial: Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row H, Grave No. 50), France

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HARRIS, William George, Private, 11th Battalion

Rank: Private

Regimental Number: 2885

Place of Birth: London England

Address: 105 Buckingham Street, North Richmond, Victoria

Next of Kin: Father, William Henry Harris

Enlistment Date: 8 March 1915

Unit Name: 11th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement

Age embarkation: 20

Marital Status: Single

Occupation: Civil servant

Date of Death: -

Place of Burial: -

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GRIFFITHS, Percy William, Private, 11th Battalion

Rank: Private

Regimental Number: 4510

Place of Birth: Perth Western Australia

Address: Hamilton Street, East Fremantle, Western Australia

Next of Kin: Brother, Mr W Griffiths, Langsford Brewery, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia

Enlistment Date: 19 October 1915

Unit Name: 11th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement

Age embarkation: 22

Marital Status: Single

Occupation: Assistant tallowman


MAXWELL, Edwin Harcourt, Private, 11th Battalion

Rank: Private

Regimental Number: 3003

Place of Birth: Fermanagh, Ireland

Address: 135 High Street, Fremantle, Western Australia

Next of Kin: Sister, Miss Louise Maxwell

Enlistment Date: 29 June 1915

Unit Name: 11th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement

Age embarkation: 37

Marital Status: Single

Occupation: Journalist

Date of Death: -

Place of Burial: -

Links: -


McKINNON, Roger, Private, 11th Battalion

Rank: Private

Regimental Number: 6701

Place of Birth: Durham, England

Address: Perth, Western Australia

Next of Kin: Mother, Mrs Margaret McKinnon

Enlistment Date: 6 March 1916

Unit Name: 11th Battalion, 22nd Reinforcement

Age embarkation: 33

Marital Status: Widower

Occupation: Teacher

Date of Death: -

Place of Burial: -

Links: -


MORGAN, Charles Henry, Corporal, 11th Battalion

Rank: Corporal

Regimental Number: 4435

Place of Birth: Fremantle, Western Australia

Address: Geraldton, Western Australia

Next of Kin: Wife, Mrs Alice Maud Morgan

Enlistment Date: 22 September 1915

Unit Name: 11th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement

Age embarkation: 27

Marital Status: Married

Occupation: Shipwright

Date of Death: 22 July 1916

Place of Burial: No known grave

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History

Corporal Charles Henry Morgan

Corporal Charles Henry Morgan (4436) was born and educated at Fremantle and is 28 years of age. He enlisted in September, 1915, and on going into Blackboy was attached to the 11th Battalion. He sailed from Fremantle on the 13th February, 1916, per the s.s. Miltiades for Egypt. Later he was drafted to France, and took part in all fighting round Armentieres, Mouquet Farm, and Pozieres. He was killed at the latter place on the 25th of July, 1916.

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MORRIS, George Arthur, Private, 11th Battalion

Rank: Private

Regimental Number: 4655

Place of Birth: Yamba, New South Wales

Address: Cr George And Silas Streets, East Fremantle, Western Australia

Next of Kin: Father, Mr S Morris

Enlistment Date: 7 December 1915

Unit Name: 11th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement

Age embarkation: 30

Marital Status: Single

Occupation: Jockey


History

THE MORRIS FAMILY

Samuel and Mary Morris and their 8 children were a well-known working class family that lived on the corner of George and Silas Streets, East Fremantle from 1914 until 1925. Three of their sons and one son-in-law served with the AIF during WWl and all returned.

Samuel Morris (1859-1925) & Mary Morris (nee Ryan, 1869-1943) and their family traveled to Western Australia from New South Wales c.1897. Family history says Samuel worked as the chief Pile Driver on the construction of the Fremantle Harbour, which opened in 1897.

The family, with their eight children (and subsequent families) mostly lived in the Fremantle area. In 1910 Samuel, Mary and their eldest son Reginald lived at 22 Hubble Street (now 8), East Fremantle and from 1912-1913 they lived at 151 Attfield Street, Fremantle.

From 1914 to 1925 the Morris family lived on the corner of George & Silas Streets Plympton and the family home ‘Milton’ was next to, and some said, underneath, the Royal George Hotel.

Of Samuel and Mary’s four sons, the second eldest Samuel Stanley Morris Snr. (b.1889) was married with one child and did not enlist in WWI but the other three sons (Reginald Walter, Thomas Adolphus and George Arthur) all enlisted, giving their next of kin as either one of their parents at Silas Street. Reginald and George listed their occupations as jockeys and were initially taken into the Light Horse before transferring together to Artillery. Thomas was a labourer. While not exemplary soldiers the three brothers, and their brother in law made a huge contribution to the war effort. Their war records give a realistic account of life as working class and single men experiencing war in Europe. Perhaps with a ‘larrikin’ spirit- Reg and George made an effort to fight together when they could, and all three returned from the War.

Reginald ‘Walt’ Walter Morris, known as ‘Jockey Jim’ (b.1887-1923) the eldest son, rode as a jockey in unofficial race meetings before and after WWI. He enlisted 14 June 1915 (Service Number 1623), trained with the 10th Light Horse Regiment, and embarked on 23 November 1915 on RMS Mongolia. In Egypt in May 1916 he transferred to Artillery. His Unit- the 111th Howitzer Battery, Australian Imperial Force served in North Africa and France/Belgium. He contracted syphilis while in London and was AWL many times throughout his service. After being arrested in London he was finally court martialed on 4 February 1918, and returned to Australia on 1 May 1919. He never married. He died in Fremantle Hospital.

On March 20, 1923, at the Fremantle Hospital, Reginald Walter, dearly beloved son of Samuel and Mary Morris, of Silas-street, East Fremantle, and a returned soldier, late of the Field Artillery, A.I.F., aged 36 years.’ (The West Australian, Wed 21 Mar 1923 p1) (Reference)

Thomas Adolphus Morris (b.1892-1956) nicknamed ‘Skin’, originally joined up to the 11th Battalion on 14 September 1914 but was discharged a fortnight later, the reason being he was ‘Not likely to become an efficient soldier’ (the usual reason given to men who could not be inducted into the Light Horsemen). He joined up again 8 March 1915 and subsequently went to Gallipoli with the 16th Battalion and was wounded twice (13 July & 8 August 1915) and discharged back in Australia on 16 June 1916. Tom enrolled again on 19 February 1917 and when the ship was in Durban (South Africa) on 23 July 1917 he was noted ‘Absent Without Leave’. Later it was found he had joined the Native Transport Corps of the African Expeditionary Force and was fighting in German East Africa under his own name. Consequently, his record was notated ‘Not Eligible for War Medals’ but on 10 August 1922 he did receive the 1914/1915 Star. Tom married Violet Gwendoline Burton in 1926, and had one daughter Pamela.

George Arthur Morris (1896-1970), nick-named ‘Skinny’, Service Number 4655, enlisted in November 1915 and embarked on the HMAT Miltiades (A28) on 12 Feb 1916 from Fremantle with the 11th Battalion. He then transferred to the 10th Light Horse Regiment, in Egypt, to be with Reg, but Reg was soon transferred to the 3rd Light Horse Regiment. Both then transferred to Artillery. George was hospitalised with VD (Gonorrhoea) in July 1916.  In September 1916 he and Reg were both absent without leave and served their punishment together. In May 1917 he was deemed fit for Permanent Base after it was found he was deaf, and was discharged and returned to Australia. He married Doris Hopetoun Pridmore in June 1922, and had two sons. One, George ‘Arthur’ Morris Jr married Phyllis Weston (see Notable People) in Kalgoorlie in 1946 and they are Raymond Morris’s parents- lived at 89 Duke st. (Reference)

Samuel Stanley Morris (b.1889) & Jessie Elizabeth ‘Dollie’ (nee Wisbey) lived at 30 East Street in 1914, 132 King Street in 1916 and 149 King Street in 1917, which was Samuel Stanley’s address when he died of the Spanish Influenza on 14 July 1919. His funeral and burial were held the next day with the funeral procession leaving his parent’s place at the Cnr. Silas & George Streets. Samuel Stanley had four children and his widow subsequently married again in 1920.

The eldest Morris daughter Maggie May Morris (1888-1940) married Neil Miller (b. 1883) in Boulder WA in 1907. Her husband enlisted on the 17 August 1914 at Blackboy Hill – on the day the camp opened - and during the war Maggie lived at ‘Milton’ with her family.

Gunner, Sergeant, Lieutenant Neil Miller (#1796) embarked 31 October 1914 aboard HMAT Medic (A7) from Fremantle and served with 8th Field Artillery Battery, the 35th Fortress Company Australian Engineers 4th Division, and Australian Army Ordnance Corps. He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal in 1917. (Reference)

MILLER (nee Morris). On July 9, 1940, at Darwin, N.T., Maggie May, the dearly loved wife of Neil Miller (Commonwealth Lighthouse Service), and mother of Mrs. E.A. McNab (of Northern Territory Police) and grandmother of Neil James McNab; aged 52 years. (West Australian, Wed 17 Jul 1940 p1) (Reference)

Mary Anne (Alice) Morris (1899-1961) born  Fremantle WA, married James H. Crocker c. 1921

Anna Eileen Morris (24 Dec 1901-1981) born Fremantle WA, married Frank Robson 1923

Nora Kathleen Morris (1904-1985 born Fremantle WA, married Roy Trevor Perham 1934 

Family portrait c 1905/6 Standing, Left to Right: George Arthur Morris (b.1896), Reginald Walter Morris (b.1887), Samuel Stanley Morris (b.1889), Maggie May Morris (b.1888) and Thomas Adolphus Morris (b.1892) - they're around and across the back of Mrs Mary Morris (nee Ryan) sitting on the left and Samuel Morris on the right. The girl in the centre of the photo is Mary Alice Morris (b.1899), Anna Eileen Morris (b.1901) is front left, and Nora Kathleen Morris (b.1904) is front right.

Samuel Morris died at Silas Street, Plympton in 1925.

1925 The funeral of the late Mr Samuel Morris, of the Fremantle Harbor Works, and of Silas-street East Fremantle, took place on Saturday afternoon and was largely attended. The deceased, who was 66 years of age, was born at Newcastle, NSW. He had resided in this State, and principally at Fremantle, for the last 29 years. He was highly respected at the Port, and during his residence there he made many friends. A widow and a grown-up family of two sons and three daughters survive him... The pall-bearers were: Messrs. W. Glasson (president), C. Sullivan (secretary), J McKay, C. Reid, W.Steele, and S. Robinson, of the Coastal Docks River and Harbor Works Union of Workers. (The Daily News, 19 Sep 1925 p5)

In loving memory of my dear husband Samuel, who departed this life on September 3, 1925. Also dear sons Samuel, July 14, 1919; and Walter (Son), March 20, 1923. Inserted by their loving wife and mother. (The West Australian, Fri 23 Mar 1926 p1) (Reference)

In 1943 Mary Morris died at her daughters house,  53 Holland Street, East Fremantle

On November 9, 1943, at Fremantle, Mary Morris, widow of the late Samuel Morris, of 53 Holland-street, Fremantle East, loving mother of Thomas, George, Alice (Mrs J. Crocker), Anna (Mrs F. Robson), Nora (Mrs R. Perham) and the late Walter, Cis (Mrs N. Miller), and Samuel; aged 75 years. R.I.P. (The West Australian, Wed 10 Nov 1943 p1)  (Reference) Loved mother of George, mother-in-law of Doris, grandma of Arthur (RAAF) and Kevin Morris (RAAF), 9 Edmund-street (changed to Chalmers St), Fremantle, beloved mother of Anna, mother-in-law of Frank, grandma of Allen (AIF) and Val Robson, dearly loved mother of Nora, mother-in-law of Roy (RAAF), grandma of Harry Perham, dearly loved grand-mother of Phyllis, Edna (AWAS), George (AIF), Stan (RAN), Jack (AIF), Fred (RAN), Albert; great-grandmother of Greg, dearly loved mother of Alice, mother-in-law of Jim, loved grandma of Joy, Jim (AIF) and Marj Crocker, grandma of Edith, Eric and Bill McNab (Adelaide, South Australia), our grandma-deeply missed by Joy, George (AIF), and Jan Devereux. (Reference)

Written and researched by Jo Darbyshire, Neil Smithson and from information and photos given by Ray Morris on his great grandparents Samuel and Mary Morris ( 2020) 


GLASSON, Henry, Private, 11th Battalion

Rank: Private

Regimental Number: 4794

Place of Birth: Perth Western Australia

Address: Norseman, Western Australia

Next of Kin: Mother, Mrs Anne Glasson

Enlistment Date: 28 December 1915

Unit Name: 11th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement

Age embarkation: 33

Marital Status: Single

Occupation: Labourer

Date of Death: -

Place of Burial: -

Links: -


GLASSON, George, Private, 11th Battalion

Rank: Private

Regimental Number: 2374

Place of Birth: Geelong

Address: 74 Hubble St(WW1: 130), East Fremantle

Next of Kin: Sister, Mrs Hariet Moss

Enlistment Date: 8 May 1915

Unit Name: 11th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement

Age embarkation: 25

Marital Status: Single

Occupation: Railway employee

Date of Death:

Place of Burial: -

Links: -


History

15/4/1917 Received bullet wounds on his left leg and hand. He then got captured and became a prisoner of War at Somme, France.

MOSS, John, 2nd Lieutenant, 11th Battalion

Rank: 2nd Lieutenant

Regimental Number: N/A

Place of Birth: New Zealand: South Island, Otago, Dunedin

Address: Perth, Western Australia

Next of Kin: Father, M Moss

Enlistment Date: 8 May 1916

Unit Name: 11th Battalion, 26th Reinforcement

Age embarkation: 38

Marital Status: Single

Occupation: Solicitor

Date of Death: 19 July 1918

Place of Burial: Borre British Cemetery (Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 23), France


MYERS, Lancelot Obre Aloysius, Private, 11th Battalion

Rank: Private

Regimental Number: 1447

Place of Birth:

Address:

Next of Kin: Father, William Obre Myers

Enlistment Date: 18 September 1914

Unit Name: 11th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement

Age embarkation: 18

Marital Status: Single

Occupation: Bushman

Date of Death: 25 December 1973

Place of Burial: Karrakatta Cemetery

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History

Family/military connections

MYERS, Noel Norbert Obre, Private, 28th Battalion — Streets of East Freo

Sgt Myers Oswald Louis of 10th Light Horse.