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Born: 1 January 1895

Died: 14 November 1964

Served with the 3rd Battalion.  He was wounded in action (gun shot wound to head) at Pozieres between 22 and 26 July 1916.  He was again wounded in action (gun shot wound to arm) on 23 August 1918 when the Battalion was in action at Chuignes, Somme.  There were another 191 members of the Battalion wounded that day, together with 35 killed and 1 missing.  [JSB]

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Name recorded

• Sydney Leonard Morrow

Service numbers

• Service number
• Service number 3844

Rank

• Held rank of Private

Birth record

• 1895 in North Sydney, NSW, Australia

Death record

• 14 November 1964 in Woy Woy, NSW, Australia

Life event

• Embarked from Sydney on the HMAT

Address

• Mossdene, 9 Cardinal Street, Mosman, NSW, Australia

Relationships

• Father - Sydney Arthur Morrow
• Mother - Elizabeth Jane Short
• Brother - Leslie Roy Morrow
• Wife - Gladys Margaret Armstrong

Organisation

• 3rd Battalion, AIF

Main sources

• First World War Embarkation Rolls - Sydney Leonard Morrow (webpage)
• Pte. Len Morrow (photograph)
• MORROW Sydney Leonard : Service Number - 3844 : Place of Birth - North Sydney NSW : Place of Enlistment - Holdsworthy (Holsworthy) NSW : Next of Kin - (Father) MORROW Sydney Arthur (webpage)
• WOUNDED. PRIVATE S. L. MORRIS. (newspaper article)
• 434th CASUALTY LIST. NEW SOUTH WALES. WOUNDED. (newspaper article)

Commemorations

• MORROW S. L. on the East Face of the Mosman War Memorial
• Morrow, L.S. on the Mosman Public School Roll of Honour
• Morrow, L. on the St Luke's Anglican Church Mosman memorial panels