Major General Basil Moorhouse Morris

Service number NP10240, NP10242, VX285
Ranks Held Captain, Lieutenant, Major, Major General, Temporary Major General
Birth Date 1888-12-19
Birth Place Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Death Date 1975-04-05
Death Place Australia: Victoria
Final Rank Major General
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 5th Australian Divisional Artillery
  • 14th Australian Field Artillery Brigade
  • 36th Australian Heavy Artillery Brigade
  • Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit
Places
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
Gazettes Biographical information The Oxford companion to Australian military history in 1995
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1947-03-06
Published in London Gazette in 1919-07-11
Published in London Gazette in 1946-02-14
Published in London Gazette in 1917-12-28
Published in London Gazette in 1919-06-03
Published in London Gazette in 1918-12-31
Published in London Gazette in 1947-03-06
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-10-30
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-09-15
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-04-18
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1946-02-21
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-05-23

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Rolls

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    14th Australian Field Artillery Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    11 July 1919 on page 8827 at position 81
    Commonwealth Gazette
    30 October 1919 on page 1660 at position 15

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    14th Australian Field Artillery Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    14th Australian Field Artillery Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    14th Australian Field Artillery Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit
    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
    Rank
    Temporary Major General
    London Gazette
    14 February 1946 on page 943 at position 27
    Commonwealth Gazette
    21 February 1946 on page 409 at position 7

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    14th Australian Field Artillery Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    31 December 1918 on page 15226 at position 17
    Commonwealth Gazette
    23 May 1919 on page 881 at position 34

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    14th Australian Field Artillery Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    03 June 1919 on page 6822 at position 8
    Commonwealth Gazette
    15 September 1919 on page 1371 at position 13

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945

  • First World War Embarkation Roll:

    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    14th Australian Field Artillery Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • First World War Nominal Roll:

    Unit
    36th Australian Heavy Artillery Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    14th Australian Field Artillery Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    5th Australian Divisional Artillery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain
    London Gazette
    28 December 1917 on page 13564 at position 114
    Commonwealth Gazette
    18 April 1918 on page 842 at position 105

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit
    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
    Rank
    Major General
    London Gazette
    06 March 1947 on page 1085 at position 10
    Commonwealth Gazette
    06 March 1947 on page 748 at position 1

Timeline

Date of birth 19 December 1888
Date of enlistment 03 June 1915
Date of embarkation 17 July 1915
Date of recommendation honour or award 23 September 1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 25 September 1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 31 January 1919
Date returned to Australia 01 April 1919
Date of death 05 April 1975

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