Patricia Ann Morrissey

Private

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Daughter of Roland Stead Morrissey, and of Mary Ellen Morrissey, of Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

"Nurses from 2 New Zealand General Hospital at Kantara placing wreaths in the cemetery at El Ballah, Egypt, circa 23 October 1943, after three New Zealanders from the Hospital were killed in a car accident. Photograph taken by George Robert Bull.

Caption from Defence Archive file print reads: "...three nurses and a Corporal of that hospital were buried as a result of a motor accident on the canal road between Ishmalia and Port Said. The victims were Pte Miss P A [Patricia Ann] Morrissey (Port Ahuriri), Pte Miss M [Margaret] O McAnulty (Eketahuna), Pte Miss M [Mary] Innes (Masterton) and Corp SRW Bomford (Takapuna). "[Image and text from the collection of the National Archives, retrieved 25/11/2021]

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Casualty

Service Number:

72120

Name:

Patricia Ann Morrissey

Rank:

Private

Date of Birth:

Not known

Next of Kin:

Mrs M.E. Morrissey (mother), Port Ahuriri, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Enlistment Address:

Port Ahuriri, New Zealand

Occupation on Enlistment:

Factory Worker

Unit:

New Zealand Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Not known

Date of Death:

21 October 1943

Day of Death:

Thursday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF)

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Moascar War Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

1. B. 15.

Cemetery Location:

Egypt