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Joseph Allen Morris
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War veteran, community activist.
Born near Austin on 11 November 1895, son of Edwin John Morris (1866-1940) and Margaret Agnes Allan (1868-1948), in 1916 he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force and served overseas with the 107th Battalion before transferring to the 44th Battalion. He lost his right leg in combat.
On 27 July 1918, he married Annie Poyser (1894-1987) of the Emmeline district and they established a home in Austin where he took a keen interest in community welfare. He ran the first power plant in Austin, bringing electric lights to the community, and he was a movie projectionist and organizer of swimming parties to lakes in the region.
He was an active member and Master of the Gothic Masonic Lodge of Austin and the Keystone Chapter of the Royal Arch Masons, Portage la Prairie. He died at the Deer Lodge Military Hospital on 21 August 1940 and was buried in the Austin Cemetery. His grave is marked with a unique steel triangle representing a veteran who lost a limb in the First World War.
Birth registration [Joseph Allan Morris], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Attestation papers, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Library and Archives Canada.
Marriage registration [Joseph Allen Morris, Annie Maria Poyser], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registrations [Edwin John Morris, Margaret Agnes Morris], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Arlene Jarema and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 19 May 2025
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