Private David Johnstone Morrison
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Morrison,
David Johnstone
Date of birth: 1885-05-05
Place of birth: Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland
Next of kin: Mrs Grace Morrison, Wife, 338 East Street, West Hamilton.
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Rivetter
Occupation (normalized): Hand Riveter
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1917-11-03
Cause of death:
Died in war, unknown cause
Buried:
Tyne Cot Cemetery, XXXVII. A. 21.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 141494
Highest Rank:
Private
(42nd Battalion)
Rank detail
Private, 42nd Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: 3rd Battle of Ypres, the Battle of Passchendaele
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 464012
LAC ID:
205145
Service file: B6402-S031
Uploader's Notes:
Son of William and Catherine Morrison, of Glasgow, Scotland; husband of the late Grace Morrison.
From the 42nd Battalion war diary it would seem that this man was killed in an operation to take Graf House and Furst Farm in the Gravenstafel Road area of Passchendaele.
Uploader's Research notes: Info from the attestation papers and the war diary. This man is also on the CWGC site. [Private Army Canadian Infantry 42nd Battalion B Company ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2007-08-28