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MORRISON, Donald Alexander
(Service number 23715)

Aliases
First Rank	Sapper	Last Rank

Birth

Date	22/12/1895	Place of Birth	Gore

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	31 Evans Street, Timaru
Occupation	Electrician
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs E. MORRISON (mother), 31 Evans Street, Timaru; Selwyn Street, Timaru
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	13th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Engineers
Date	27 May 1916
Transport	Willochra or Tofua
Embarked From		Destination

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

Company director

Death

Date	23 August 1982	Age	86 years
Place of Death	Wanganui
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Cremated, ashes interred Aramoho Cemetery, Wanganui
Memorial Reference	Lawn, Plot 90
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Donald Alexander Morrison was the only son of Donald and Eliza Maria (née Palmer) Morrison. He married Ina Jane Whitton on 18 December 1922 at the Methodist Church, Wanganui. When he enlisted he was an electrician for the Timaru Borough Council.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [31 May 2019]; Aramoho Cemetery burial records (Whanganui District Council) [31 May 2019]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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