Profile

MORRIS, Frederick Arthur Vivian
(Service number 33112)

Aliases	May have been known as Vivian
First Rank	Sapper	Last Rank	Sapper

Birth

Date	11/02/1894	Place of Birth	Temuka

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Pukekohe
Occupation	Clerk
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Frederick MORRIS (father), Temuka
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 Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	22nd Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Engineers
Date	16 February 1917
Transport	Aparima
Embarked From		Destination	Plymouth, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Engineers

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

Nurseryman

Death

Date	1 August 1969	Age
Place of Death
Cause	75 years
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Pukekohe Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Returned Service Section, Row 13, Plot 3
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Frederick Arthur Vivian Morris was the only son of Frederick and Annie (née Sweet) Morris. Frederick was educated at Temuka School. Sapper F. A. Morris arrived home to Temuka by the Oxfordshire in early 1919. He married Ann Norma Stuart in 1920.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [06 July 2019]; School Admission records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [07 July 2019]; Pukekohe Cemetery headstone transcription [07 July 2019]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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