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Roy Morell DSO, OBE (24 May 1889 – 28 June 1961) was an Australian

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, grazier and

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who volunteered for war service during World War I and World War II.The AIF Project – Roy Morell
Retrieved 17 September 2012.

Birth and education

Morell was born in

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, son of Frances Helen (née Hopkins) and James Harris Morell. He was educated at Wolaroi College and from 1903 at

Newington College , motto_translation = To Faith Add Knowledge , location = Inner West and Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales , country = Australia , coordinates = , pushpin_map = A ...

Woolbroker and grazier

After school, Morell worked for

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and owned ''Tullochard'' out of

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War service

On 17 September 1914, Morell enlisted as a sergeant in the 6th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron, and embarked from

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on 21 December 1914. He served in the Gallipoli Campaign. Morell became a member of the 5th Machine Gun Battalion and served in France. He was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant in August 1915, Lieutenant in October 1915, Captain in March 1916 and Major in March 1917. He married Frances Ione Pole-Carew, a VAD stationed in

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, on 18 November 1918. Morell returned to Australia on 6 May 1919 and was discharged on 3 July 1919. He volunteered again in the Second World War and as a Lieutenant Colonel was second-in-command in Sydney for Australian Army Movement Control.

Military awards

Stockbroker

In 1936, Morell sold his rural interests and moved to

becoming a sole trader on the

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. In 1939 he became a partner of R.V. Spier & Morell. He was a member of the Stock Exchange committee in 1942, 1946 and 1947.

Community service

Morell was a director of

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and Honorary Teasurer of Fairbridge Farm Schools of NSW. For 23 years he was Honorary Treasurer of the

Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales The Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales was founded on 5 July 1822, when a group of Sydney's leading citizens formed the Agricultural Society of NSW, and is "a not-for-profit organisation committed to supporting agricultural developmen ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Morell, Roy 1889 births 1961 deaths Australian military personnel of World War I People educated at Newington College Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Officers of the Order of the British Empire