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MORRIS, Roland
(Service number 44980)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Rifleman

Birth

Date	9 February 1874	Place of Birth	Isle of Wight

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	33 Davey Street, Temuka
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs M. A. MORRIS (mother), 33 Davey Street, Temuka, Canterbury
Religion	Church of England
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	Reinforcements G Company (part)
Date	5 April 1917
Transport	Devon
Embarked From		Destination	Devonport, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	New Zealand Rifle Brigade

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	16 May 1939	Age	65 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Temuka Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 150, Plot 695
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Roland Morris appears to have started school in Christchurch New Zealand, in 1879. His parents may have been Isaac and Mary Anna Morris. Roland had siblings in New Zealand.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [25 March 2017]; Temuka Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [25 March 2017]

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