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Thomas Watton Morris

1877-1951

Unit

5th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37680

About

Born in Scotland

24 May 1877
Parents

Mother

Martha Morris

Father

Thomas Morris

Settled in New Zealand

1905
Residence

Hometown

Auckland
Work

Occupation

Miner

Employer

Freezing Works, Reotihi
Personal Life

Marital Status

Married

Wife

Margaret Morris

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

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British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 74

15 July 1951

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5549 49/0083322, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.62, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 40.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “Thomas Watton Morris (1877-1951)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/601

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