Alexander Robert Morrison
9 July 1885 — 2 May 1939
Alexander Robert Morrison (10‑76‑16)
Service number: 3680. Australian Imperial Force
He was born in Aberdeen 9th July 1885 to Alexander Robert Morrison and Margaret Gordon. His service papers show he was a carter and joined up 2 June 1917, intended to be with the 10th reinforcements for the 47th Battalion and the War Office decided the 25th could do with him and finally they gave him to the 9th Battalion. Next of Kin was his wife of 9 years Emily Elizabeth Morrison nee Lake Merivale St. South Brisbane.
He was 31 years and 10 months old and stood 5' and 7½". Weight was 125lbs, chest 32" with medium complexion blue eyes and brown hair and Church of England. No children are recorded up to the end of 1914. He embarked on HMAT Miltiades on 2 August 1917 and returned 25 January 1919 on the Ceramic. SS Ceramic was an 18,400-ton ocean-liner of the White Star Line launched in 1913, and later sold to the Shaw, Savill & Albion Line. In 1942 German submarine U-515 sunk the Ceramic, leaving only one survivor from the 656 on board.
Alexander died on 2 May 1939.
Ceramic (ship) - State Library of Queensland.