• Title
  Letter from Percy Morgan to Will Whittington, 9 May 1915, and photograph of Percy Morgan, ca 1914-1916
• Creator
  Will Whittington
• Call number
  MLMSS 9660
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  9 May 1915 and ca 1914-1916
• Type of material
  Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs
• Reference code
  1286058
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  0.05 metres of textual material and 1 photograph (1 folder)
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Private Percy Morgan (No. 2460) was born in Hounslow, England and worked in Australia as a rural worker. He was aged 21 when he enlisted in the AIF on 18 November 1914. He sailed with the 2nd reinforcements of the 3rd Battalion which he joined in Egypt. The 3rd Battalion landed at ANZAC Cove at 7.30am on 25 April 1915. Percy was wounded three days later and was evacuated to Britain. This letter was written while he was on board the hospital ship S.S. Goorkha.
  
  Following his hospitalisation, Percy Morgan returned to Egypt and was sent to France in March 1916. In July he was involved in the attack on Pozieres and lost his life on 22 July 1916, shortly after he was promoted to Corporal.
  
  Reference:
  Australian War Memorial. http://www.awm.gov.au (accessed April 1, 2015)
• Collection history
  The letter was discovered in the recipe book of the daughter of Will Whittington in Pennant Hills, NSW. It passed onto a neighbour, Mr Kelso, then Frank Howden, and Stuart Braga in 2002.
• Scope and Content
  9 May 1915. A letter signed by Percy Morgan to Will Whittington, Richmond, NSW. The letter describes his landing at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915, his gunshot wound and bullet in his right leg. He tells how he is well cared for on board ship and also the number of men who have died.
  
  The four-page letter is written on Union-Castle Line SS Goorkha letterhead. It is accompanied by its original envelope rubber-stamped Hospital Ship, Goorkha, postmarked Gibraltar, 11 May 1915.
  
  Photograph of Percy Morgan, possibly taken during his convalescence. Inscribed on verso, 'Percy Morgan, enlisted from Richmond, N.S.W.'
• Language
  English
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Morgan, Percy, 1893-1916
  
• Name
  S.S. Goorkha (ship)
  
• Subject
  World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Turkey--Gallipoli Peninsula--Personal narratives, Australian.
  World War, 1914-1918--Casualities.
  War wounds
  
• Place
  Alexandria (Egypt)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE8853517

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