HARRIS, Mervyn Gladstone
| Service Number: | 6268 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Argalong, Tumut Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 18 September 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 6268, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
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| 9 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 6268, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
Mervyn Gladstone Harris
MERVYN GLADSTONE HARRIS (1897-1917), born at Argolong, son of James and Mary Harris nee Boyd. Mervyn enlisted on May 10th, 1916 as Private 6228, 2nd Battalion at Cootamundra. After training at Liverpool he embarked on the Euripedes on September 9th, and arrived in Plymouth on December 26th. He was then sent to France where he was wounded by an exploding shell on April 15h. He received an injury to his left elbow and treated at a Casualty Clearing Station. Then in the Battle of Ypres on September 18th, 1917 he was Killed in Action – no known grave. His name appears on the Menin Gate at Ypres and panel 32 Australian War Memorial. As a matter of general interest, one other passenger on the Euripedes was A. B Banjo Paterson. [DAVIS OF GOUNYAN - ROLL OF HONOUR - BM Pittman]
Submitted 26 April 2015 by Beryl Pittman