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MORGAN, Archie
(Service number 25/997)

Temuka War Memorial, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.25 #01)

Temuka War Memorial dedication inscription, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.25 #05)

Temuka War Memorial plaque, names G-M, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum )

MIlford Hall War Memorial Gates in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.11)

Waimataitai School War Memorial, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum )

Opihi College Roll of Honour — Made by Opihi College teacher David Ellena, 2015 (Courtesy of Kate Manson, Opihi College )

Aliases
First Rank	Lance Sergeant	Last Rank	Sergeant

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs Margaret Morgan (mother), Woodlands, Temuka, New Zealand
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	3rd Battalion, C Company
Date	5 February 1916
Transport	Ulimaroa or Mokoia or Navua
Embarked From	Wellington, New Zealand	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	7 June 1917	Age
Place of Death	Belgium
Cause	Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Mesen, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Milford War Memorial; Temuka RSA Roll of Honour; Temuka War Memorial; Waimataitai School War Memorial??? (difficult to read)

Biographical Notes

Brother of William Stanley Morgan. Cousin of James Matthew Morgan, William Seyb, Loomes and Robert Irving

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database, August 2013, CWGC.

External Links

Researched and Written by

Alan McKenzie

Currently Assigned to

LSh

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