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Personal data

• Name MORTON
• Initials WJ
• First name WILLIAM JAMES
• Place of birth Glasgow
• Country Scotland
• Last residence 30 Lambet Street, Germiston, South Africa
• Family Son of James Morton, of 15, Knox St., Germiston, South Africa.

Military service

• Service number 16257
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 4th South African Infantry Regiment
• Division - Brigade South African Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 9th Corps

Death

• Type of wounds Died of wounds
• Date of death 13 April 1918
• Died at the age of 23
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXVI - F - 18
• Sector front which the unit operates during this period Messines-Wijtschaete-Kemmel

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