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.The AIF Project – Roy Morell. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
Birth and education Morell was born in Wollongong, New South Wales,BD&Ms. Retrieved 17 September 2012. son of Frances Helen (née Hopkins) and James Harris Morell.BD&Ms. Retrieved 17 September 2012. He was educated at Wolaroi College and from 1903 at Newington College.Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Sydney, 1999) pp 138
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.The Peerage. Retrieved 18 September 2012. Morell returned to Australia on 6 May 1919 and was discharged on 3 July 1919. He volunteered again in the Second World War and as a Lieutenant Colonel was second-in-command in Sydney for Australian Army Movement Control.
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Stockbroker In 1936, Morell sold his rural interests and moved to Sydney becoming a sole trader on the Sydney Stock Exchange. In 1939 he became a partner of R.V. Spier & Morell. He was a member of the Stock Exchange committee in 1942, 1946 and 1947.
Community service Morell was a director of Sydney Hospital and Honorary Teasurer of Fairbridge Farm Schools of NSW. For 23 years he was Honorary Treasurer of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales.
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