By Kumis Kumis
Jalan Morrell
Jalan Morrell
There is a street in Tawau named Jalan Morrell.
Some of us
may wonder the story behind the name Morrell.
We did a little background check and we found out that Jalan
Morrell was named after a celebrated and distinguished gentleman of long
serving British North Borneo Company administrator and officer, Mr Edward
William Morrell, of which among his many personal accomplishments, a former
Tawau's Resident, East Coast Resident, High Court Judge, Chief Justice and
former Acting Governor for his contribution to the development of Tawau, East
Coast and North Borneo.
This service record perhaps can actually enlighten us the
life experience of a former government officers before the second World War in
North Borneo.
Herein please find his service record in chronological order
for your reference and may be our readers can help us share a copy of his
elusive photos for posterity;
Edward William Morrell (22nd Feb, 1887)
12.09.1909 - Joined Government Service
01.01.1911 - Appointed 3rd class Officer.
23.12.1911 - Passed Lower Standard Malay examination
15.07.1912 - Passed Higher Standard Malay examination
21.01.1913 - Qualified by exam to be Magistrate of the 3rd
Class
18.02.1913 - Magistrate of 3rd Class
02.03.1913 - Acting D.O., Jesselton, North Borneo
25.03.1913 - Acting D.O., Beaufort, North Borneo
02.08.1913 - Qualified by exam to be Magistrate of 1st Class
05.03.1914 - Acting D.O., Province Clarke, North Borneo
01.10.1914 - Appointed Class II Officer
02.10.1914 - Appointed Magistrate of the 1st class
02.10.1914 - Granted
8 months leave on full pay
03.06.1915 - Reported return from leave and resumed duty
09.06.1915 - Appointed D.O., Rundum, North Borneo
June 1915 - Jan. 1917 - Officer for District Office Rundum
21.01.1917 - Acting D.O., North Keppel, North Borneo with
effect from 31.01.1917
31.01.1917 - Acting District Officer, North Keppel, North
Borneo
01.07.1920 - Appointed D.O South Keppel, North Borneo
01.07.1920 - Re-Organization. Class B
06.02.1921 - Granted 2 months’ vacation leave on full pay
with permission to proceed to UK and granted 7 months’ vacation leave on full
pay, in addition to that granted by 06.02.1921
11.11.1921 - Reported return from leave and resumed duty
14.11.1921 - Appointed District Officer, South Keppel, North
Borneo
21.04.1922 - Seconded for Special Duty
22.05.1922 - Appointed Resident Kudat and Land Sessions
Judge, North Borneo
24.12.1922 - Granted 8 days’ vacation leave on full pay
01.01.1923 - Reported return from leave and resumed duty
05.08.1923 - Granted 3 days’ vacation leave on full pay
08.08.1923 - Reported return from leave and resumed duty
27.12.1923 - Granted 9 days’ vacation leave on full pay
05.01.1924 - Reported return from leave and resumed duty
18.03.1924 - Appointed Asst. Gov. Secretary, North Borneo
06.10.1924 - Granted 20 days leave and resumed duty
26.10.1924 - Reported return from leave and resumed duty
22.04.1925 - Granted 16 days’ vacation leave on urgent
private affairs
08.05.1925 - Reported return from leave and resumed duty
01.07.1925 - Granted Certificate of Efficiency
14.09.1925 - Granted 1 months 6 days’ vacation leave on full
pay to be followed by 7 months 27 days furlough on ½ pay.
25.06.1926 - Reported return from leave and resumed duty as
Assistant Government Secretary, North Borneo
27.10.1926 - Appointed Government Secretary, Staff Class,
North Borneo
29.01.1927 - Appointed Resident Kudat, North Borneo
14.03.1928 - Granted 8 days’ vacation leave on full pay
28.03.1928 - Reported return from leave and resumed duty
04.05.1928 - Granted 9 days’ vacation leave on full pay
15.05.1928 - Reported return from leave and resumed duty
18.12.1928 - Granted 7 days’ vacation leave on full pay
28.12.1928 - Reported return from leave and resumed duty
10.04.1928 - Granted 3 days’ vacation leave on full pay
13.04.1928 - Reported
return from leave and resumed duty
01.07.1929 - Appointed Class 1B, under the Revised Cadet
Officer’s Classification Scheme
16.07.1929 - Granted 6 months and 3 days leave on full pay
13.02.1930 - Reported return from leave and resumed duty
20.02.1930 - Appointed Resident, Tawau, North Borneo
10.06.1930 - Granted 12 days casual leave on full pay
24.06.1930 - Returned from leave of absence
20.02.1931 - Granted 5 days casual leave on full pay
26.02.1931 - Returned from leave of absence
07.01.1932 - Granted 18 days sick leave on full pay
25.01.1932 - Returned from leave
06.09.1932 - Appointed Acting Resident, Sandakan, Class 1A,
North Borneo
20.09.1932 - Appointed Acting Judge of the High Court, North
Borneo
06.12.1932 - Appointed Officer of Class 1A
06.12.1932 - Appointed Resident, Sandakan, Class 1A, North
Borneo
21.02.1933 - Granted 6 months and1 day leave on full pay,
followed by 63 days leave on ½ pay
07.09.1933 - Returned from leave
18.09.1933 - Appointed Resident, Sandakan, Class 1A, North
Borneo
08.03.1934 - Appointed Officer Administering the Government,
Acting High Court Judge and Acting Governor, North Borneo
01.01.1935 - Appointed Judge of the High Court, North Borneo
03.06.1935 - Granted 5 days casual leave on full pay
09.06.1935 - Returned from leave
31.10.1935 - Granted 2 days sick leave on full pay
02.11.1935 - Returned from leave
06.02.1936 - Appointed Chief Justice, in addition to his
other duties North Borneo
24.02.1936 - Appointed Resident, East Coast, Class 1A. North
Borneo
11.09.1936 - Granted 3 months leave on full pay prior to
retirement
11.12.1936 - Retired
from the Service.
Notes comments on his retirement by a friends:
In sport too he has always been to the fore. In
"Cricket, in tennis, in golf, as all of you know, he is still a formidable
opponent- although I fear his soccer days are over, but there was a time when he
was the best back the territory has seen. We well remember the game on the
padang- close upon a quarter of a century ago, between Sandakan and H.M.S.
Yarmouth when our back, it was Mr. Morrell, took a mighty kick at the ball and
a Cockney Jack Tar made the priceless remark "Blimey, Guvnor, keep it on
the island".
Source and Credit:
1. BNBC Service Record
2. The Diaries of George C Woolley 1907-1926 edited by Danny
Wong and Stella Moo, Department of Sabah Museum
3. Sejarah Ringkas Tuan Yang Terutama Yang Di Pertuan Negeri
Sabah dan Gabenor Borneo Utara by Sabah State Library
4. Uwe Aranas
5. In collaboration with En Azlan Lauddin Martin Azlan of Discover Tawau (FB Page)
Photo (C) Azlan Lauddin Martin Azlan
