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Douglas Roy Morcom 1920 - 1942

Douglas Roy Morcom was born circa 1920, and died at age 21 years old on July 1, 1942. Douglas Morcom was buried at Rabaul Memorial Panel 10. in Papua New Guinea. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Douglas Roy Morcom.

Douglas Roy Morcom
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    Prisoners of War - D R Morcom D R Morcom Service number: VP3927 Rank: Sergeant Unit: Fortress Signals Conflict: Second World War, 1939-1945 Theatre of war: Rabaul Casualty: Missing believed prisoner Source: Prisoner of War reported by OC unit Place of capture: Keravat POW number: 37 Believed killed/ lost when Japanese transpot ship "Montevideo Maru" was torpedoed on July 1st 1942 by U.S. submarine. NOW BELIEVED DEAD Staff-Sgt Douglas Roy Morcom, of Elwood, who was previously reported missing, believed prisoner of war, has now been reported missing believed deceased while a prisoner of war on or after July, 1942. Staff - Sgt Morcom joined up with the Royal Australian Engineers at Queenscliff in 1938 at the age of l8. He later volunteered for duty abroad with the special L force, and was sent to Rabaul. (Lark Force) He was the son of Mr and Mrs J. Morcom, of Toorak rd, South Yarra. Ref.- The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Saturday 27 October 1945, page 12 - PHOTO
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    Service number: VX129335 Rank: Staff Sergeant Regiment: Australian Corps Of Signals Unit/ship/squadron: A.I.F. Fortress Sigs.
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In 1920, in the year that Douglas Roy Morcom was born, the Volstead Act became law. Formally called the National Prohibition Act, the Volstead Act enabled law enforcement agencies to carry out the 18th Amendment. It said that "no person shall manufacture, sell, barter, transport, import, export, deliver, or furnish any intoxicating liquor except as authorized by this act" and defined intoxicating liquor as any beverage containing more than 0.5% alcohol by volume.
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In 1930, he was merely 10 years old when as head of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, William Hays established a code of decency that outlined what was acceptable in films. The public - and government - had felt that films in the '20's had become increasingly risque and that the behavior of its stars was becoming scandalous. Laws were being passed. In response, the heads of the movie studios adopted a voluntary "code", hoping to head off legislation. The first part of the code prohibited "lowering the moral standards of those who see it", called for depictions of the "correct standards of life", and forbade a picture from showing any sort of ridicule towards a law or "creating sympathy for its violation". The second part dealt with particular behavior in film such as homosexuality, the use of specific curse words, and miscegenation.
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Morcom, John (Mar 17, 1917 - May 17, 1989) Morcom, William (Apr 16, 1919 - Apr 15, 2006) Morcom, Edith (Aug 14, 1923 - May 1986) Morcom, Fannie (Mar 19, 1891 - Jun 24, 1989) Morcom, Richard (Apr 16, 1919 - Sep 17, 1989) Morcom, Dorothy (Dec 17, 1918 - Apr 19, 2008) Morcom, Hazel (Mar 28, 1886 - Feb 1983) Morcom, Richard (Dec 20, 1918 - Jul 20, 2005) Morcom, Clifford (Oct 29, 1913 - Feb 1982) Morcom, M Hazel (Dec 9, 1918 - Jan 28, 1998)
Morcom, Doris (Apr 2, 1905 - May 1992) Morcom, Nan (Jan 30, 1902 - Dec 1981) Morcom, William (Jun 26, 1908 - Nov 1974) Morcom-Harne, Carol (Apr 27, 1941 - Jan 18, 2009) Morcom, Mary (Feb 12, 1912 - May 30, 2009) Morcom, Lois (Jun 26, 1932 - Dec 30, 2008) Morcom, Walter (Mar 2, 1912 - Feb 19, 1999) Morcom, Kenneth (Jun 11, 1913 - Aug 6, 1971) Morcom, James (Jul 28, 1906 - May 28, 1988) Morcom, Hildegard (Feb 20, 1908 - Apr 20, 1999)
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