Service Details
- Branch of Service
- Army
- Conflict
- World War I (1914-1918)
- Date of Enlistment
- 14/08/1914
- Place of Enlistment
- Royal Military College, Duntroon ACT
Personal Details
- Gender
- Male
- Date of Birth
- 26/02/1894
- Place of Birth
- Tasmania
- Address (at enlistment)
- Royal Military College, Duntroon ACT
- Occupation
- Soldier
- Next of Kin
- Son of Edward and Elizabeth Morgan, High Steet, Launceston, Tasmania
- Burial Place
Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps, France
Unit and Rank Details
- Final Rank
- Major
- Final Unit
- 6 Field Artillery Brigade AIF
Fate
Died from wounds, 4 April 1917, France aged 23 years
Commemoration
AWM Roll of Honour Memorial Panel 14, Canberra ACT
Notes
Morgan was the first Tasmanian to enter the Royal Military College, Duntroon when he did so on 22 June 1911. He was a member of the guard of honour at the Canberra naming ceremony on 12 March 1913. Morgan graduated from RMC on 14 August 1914 and was appointed as a Lieutenant with the 9th Battery, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade. He served on Gallipoli from May 1915 and was mentioned in Divisional Orders for acts of "conspicuous gallantry and valuable services" for the period up until the end of June 1915, principally acting as a forward observer for three British Navy ships bombarding Turkish positions on Gallipoli, and for serving as a Section Commander with his battery. The 9th Battery operated on the right flank of the Anzac position.
In March 1916 he was promoted to Captain and then was appointed as Staff Captain for the 2nd Division Artillery in May 1916. He was transferred to the 17th Battery, 6th Field Artillery Brigade and appointed as a temporary Major in January 1917. He was wounded (in the shoulder and thigh) by shell fire at an observation post at Croiselles on 2 April 1917 while registering the battery and died two days later at the 44th Casualty Clearing Station. He was buried at Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps 6½ miles north of Albert, France.
The King and Bowers book includes extracts from letters Morgan wrote during the Gallipoli campaign.
Description - height 5 feet 7 inches, weight 144 pounds, chest 34-39 inches.
Sources
AWM Roll of Honour Database
AWM Collections Records : P00046.054, A04153, P00151.003
Jonathan King and Michael Bowers, 'Gallipoli: Untold stories from war correspondent Charles Bean and front-line Anzacs', (p. 90, 224, 233, 244, 250, 275, 320)
Colonel J.E. Lee, 'Duntroon: The Royal Military College of Australia 1911-1946', 1952
NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)