Basil Morris Military person

Major General Basil Moorhouse Morris CBE, DSO (19 December 1888 – 5 April 1975) was an Australian Army officer. He served in both the First and Second World Wars. In 1942, he was the Australian military administrator at Port Moresby at the start of the Imperial Japanese advance along the Kokoda Track after the invasion of Buna-Gona and successfully delayed the Japanese advance until Second Australian Imperial Forces arrived.

Personal facts

Basil Morris
Birth dateDecember 19, 1888
Birth place
Australia , East Melbourne Victoria
Date of deathApril 05, 1975
Place of death
Australia , Beaconsfield Upper Victoria

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Military person

award
Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order
military operations
Western Front (World War I)
World War II
World War I
New Guinea campaign
military branch
Australian Army
military commandNew Guinea Force
service start1910
service end1946

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