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Private David Gilliland Morgan

 

Number: 31977

Company: 61st (South Irish Horse) Company (Dublin) (New), 17th Battalion

ENLISTMENT

Date: 31 January 1901

Place: Belfast

Age: 20 years

Trade of calling: Clerk

Place of birth: In the Parish of Belfast, in or near the Town of Belfast, in the County of Antrim.

Family: Single. Father William Morgan, insurance manager, mother Mary Jane (nee Gilliland), of Arlington, Cave Hill Road, Belfast.

Previous military service: No

Description: Height 5' 7". Complexion fresh, eyes brown, hair light brown.

Religion: Presbyterian

ACTIVE SERVICE

Date to South Africa: 26 March 1901

Service medal, clasps and other awards: Queen's South Africa Medal. Cape Colony, Orange Free State, 1901 clasps.

DEATH

Date: 14 December 1901

Place: Bloemfontein

Cause: Enteric fever

Buried/ commemorated: Bloemfontein (President Brand) Cemetery and Memorial.

This page last updated 26 August 2024.