Clarke Family Tree » Alfred William Morris (1895-1917)
Personal data Alfred William Morris
- He was born in the year 1895 in Murrumburrah, NSW, AU.
- (Military Enlistment) on March 21, 1916 in S/No. 2460, aged 20 years 10 months, Cootamundra, NSW, AU.
- (Memorial) on February 23, 1917 in Harden-Murrumburrah Cemetery, Anglican, Path, 97-98, on his parents' gravestone, Murrumburrah, NSW, AU.
- He died on February 23, 1917 in killed in action, France, he was 22 years old.
- A child of James Morris and Evangeline Ada (Eva) Doolan
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Historical events
Day of death February 23, 1917
- The temperature on February 23, 1917 was between -1.9 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
- April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
- May 13 » Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
- May 21 » The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack).
- June 5 » World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day".
- November 5 » Tikhon is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.
- December 9 » World War I: Field Marshal Allenby captures Jerusalem, Palestine.
Same birth/death day
- 1900 » Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1867)
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- 1918 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1882)
- 1930 » Horst Wessel, German SA officer (b. 1907)
- 1931 » Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (b. 1861)
- 1934 » Edward Elgar, English composer and academic (b. 1857)
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Stephen Clarke, "Clarke Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/clarke-family-tree/I392494389730.php : accessed May 10, 2025), "Alfred William Morris (1895-1917)".
Stephen Clarke, "Clarke Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/clarke-family-tree/I392494389730.php : accessed May 10, 2025), "Alfred William Morris (1895-1917)".