Roy Morell
Stock Brocker
Lieutenant Colonel Roy Morell DSO, OBE (24 May 1889 – 28 June 1961) was an Australian wool broker, grazier and stockbroker who volunteered for war service during World War I and World War II.
Birth and education
Morell was born in Wollongong, New South Wales, son of Frances Helen (née Hopkins) and James Harris Morell. He was educated at Wolaroi College and from 1903 at Newington College.
Woolbroker and grazier
After school, Morell worked for Goldsbrough Mort & Co. and owned Tullochard out of Inverell.
War service
On 17 September 1914, Morell enlisted as a sergeant in the 6th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron, and embarked from Sydney 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 Malta, on 18 November 1918. Morell returned to Australia on 6 May 1919 and was discharged on 3 July 1919.
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