HARRISON, Thomas Isaac
| Service Number: | 2380 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Alexandria, New South Wales, Australia, 20 June 1889 |
| Home Town: | Rockdale, Rockdale, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Carriage Painter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 19 August 1916, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 12 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2380, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 14 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 2380, 4th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 2380, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Sydney |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Thomas Isaac HARRISON, (Service Number 2380) was born on 20 June 1889 at Alexandria in Sydney. In the middle of 1905 he became an apprentice painter in the Locomotive Workshops at Eveleigh. By 1911 he had become a 1st class painter.
On 12 May 1915 he joined the Expeditionary Forces, describing himself as a carriage painter with the Government Railways.
Submitted 1 September 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Thomas Isaac HARRISON (Service Number 2380) was born on 20th June 1889 at Alexandria in Sydney. In the middle of 1905 he became an apprentice painter in the Locomotive Workshops at Eveleigh. By 1911 he had become a 1st class painter.
On 12th May 1915 he joined the Expeditionary Forces, describing himself as a carriage painter with the Government Railways. He arrived at Gallipoli in November, very late in the campaign. He was perhaps one of those who were there until the end, arriving at Mudros (on the Greek island of Lemnos) after the evacuation on 29th December 1915.
From Alexandria (Egypt) he was conveyed to Marseilles in March of 1916.
He was killed in action in France near Pozières on 19th August 1916.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board