DEATH OF TTMARU MAN.
Mrs S. Morrison, of Timaru, has received the following telegram from the Minister of Defence (the Hon. James Allen): — "Regret to advise you cable received this day reports that your son. 9-759 Sergeant James Gilbert Morrison, was killed in action, July 13, 1915. Please accept my sincerest sympathy in the loss which you and New Zealand has suffered." Sergt. Morrison was well known in Timaru, where he was employed for eight years in Mr P. G. Allen's seed shop. He took a prominent part in local sports. His father is caretaker of Chalmers Church. -Timaru Herald, 3/8/1915.
Sergeant James Gilbert Morrison, Otago Infantry, who was killed in action on July 13, was born and educated in Otago, but later came to Timaru. When the war broke out he joined the Otago quota to the Main Body as a private, and had since been promoted to sergeant. He took a keen interest in sports of all kinds, and was for many years one of the representative rowers of the Timaru Club. -Otago Witness, 25/8/1915.
The period of the Gallipoli campaign in which James Morrison was killed was a relatively quiet one. It is possible that he was killed by a sniper.
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