Stanley Oliver (Stan) HARRIS

HARRIS, Stanley Oliver

Service Number: 7020
Enlisted: 13 October 1916, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 14th Infantry Battalion
Born: Metcalfe, Victoria, Australia, 1884
Home Town: Kyneton, Macedon Ranges, Victoria
Schooling: Metcalfe School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Farm Manager
Died: Killed in Action, Polygon Wood, Belgium, 27 September 1917
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kyneton War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Metcalfe War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

13 Oct 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7020, 14th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
16 Dec 1916: Involvement Private, 7020, 14th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
16 Dec 1916: Embarked Private, 7020, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Melbourne
27 Sep 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 7020, 14th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood

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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

Stanley Oliver Harris is also remembered on the Metcalfe School Honour Roll and the Metcalfe War Memorial, Vic.

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Cousin: Captain Walter Henry EAST MC & Bar, 1st Division Artillery, killed in action, 5 October 1917.