| Place | Oceania: Australia |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 1DRL/0511 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet; 1 cm |
| Object type | Papers |
| Maker |
Morphett, Arthur Hurtle |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
| Date made | 1928 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM93 12/11/567 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Morphett, Arthur Hurtle (Lance Corporal, b.? - d.1916)
Description
Collection relating to the service of 340 Lance Corporal Arthur Hurtle Morphett, 32 Battalion, AIF. Collection consists of biographical details only.
History / Summary
Biographical note: 340 Lance Corporal Arthur Hurtle Morphett, 32 Battalion, AIF, who on 20 July 1916 was killed in action during the Battle of Fromelles. Other biographical details are: Farmer and grazier of Woods Point Estate, Murray Bridge, South Australia; born Adelaide; educated at St. Peter's Collegiate School and at Roseworthy Agricultural College; became a manager of a diary farm at Warrnambool, Victoria and later manager and part owner of Woods Point, SA; enlisted in the AIF on 23 June 1915; age at time of death, 38. Son of John Cummins Morphett and Mary Frances Morphett, of Cummins, Glenelg, South Australia.