8th Light Horse Regiment
Killed In Action
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William Gordon Morrisey (SN 1856) was born in the Goulburn Valley , but was educated at the Christian Brothers School in Ballarat East. He enlisted in Melbourne on July 15th 1915. He was 21 years old, single, and claimed to be a jockey. His father said that he was a tailor. He embarked in January 1916 to serve as a Driver with the 8th Light Horse Regiment. He later transferred to the 10th Field Artillery Brigade. He was killed in action, on August 8th 1918, near Chippilly in the Amiens area, and is buried in Vaire Sous-Corbie Cemetery, France.
