Roy Morell
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|birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1889|05|24}}
|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1961|06|28|1889|05|24}}
|birth_place = Wollongong, New South Wales
|death_place = Sydney, New South Wales
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|branch = Australian Army
|serviceyears = 1914–1919
1943–1945
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|rank = Lieutenant Colonel
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|laterwork = Stockbroker
Honorary Treasurer
Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales &
Fairbridge Farm Schools of NSW
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Lieutenant Colonel Roy Morell DSO, OBE (24 May 1889 – 28 June 1961){{Citation
| title=Sydney Stockbrokers : biographies of members of the Sydney Stock Exchange, 1871 to 1987
| author1=Salsbury, Stephen
| author2=Sweeney, Kay
| publisher=Hale & Iremonger
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was an Australian wool broker, grazier and stockbroker who volunteered for war service during World War I and World War II.[http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=213633 The AIF Project – Roy Morell]. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
Birth and education
Morell was born in Wollongong, New South Wales,[http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/IndexSearch?form=IndexingSearch&cgiurl=%2Fcgi-bin%2FIndex%2FIndexingBirth.cgi&sname=Morell&gname=&fname=James&mname=Frances&event=births&frange=1889&trange=1890&place=&x=90&y=4&SessionID=36111997 BD&Ms]. Retrieved 17 September 2012. son of Frances Helen (née Hopkins) and James Harris Morell.[http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/IndexSearch?form=IndexingSearch&SessionID=36112121&event=marriages&sname=Morell&gname=&fname=Hopkins&mname=&frange=1880&trange=1890&place=&submitBtnOnce.x=80&submitBtnOnce.y=7 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.{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16463958 |title=INVERELL MAIZE. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=12 May 1928 |access-date=18 September 2012 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}}
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.[https://www.thepeerage.com/p7041.htm 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{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17756862 |title=SEEKING RECRUITS FOR A.I.F. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=12 May 1941 |access-date=18 September 2012 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}} and as a Lieutenant Colonel was second-in-command in Sydney for Australian Army Movement Control.
Military awards
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- In June 1917 he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1073186 It's an Honour]. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
- In June 1919 he was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1110180 It's an Honour]. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
- Mentioned in Despatches three times
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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,{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8230025 |title=PERSONAL. |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne |date=28 January 1942 |access-date=18 September 2012 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}} 1946{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17976666 |title=MARKET TONE QUIETENS. |newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald |date=18 April 1946 |access-date=18 September 2012 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}} and 1947.
Community service
Morell was a director of Sydney Hospital and Honorary Teasurer of Fairbridge Farm Schools of NSW.{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14849651 |title=FAIRBRIDGE FARM SCHOOLS. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=14 July 1953 |access-date=17 September 2012 |page=2 |via=Google News}} For 23 years he was Honorary Treasurer of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales.{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18284097 |title=R.A.S. OFFICERS. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=29 September 1952 |access-date=18 September 2012 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}