Maxwell Reeve HARRIS

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HARRIS, Maxwell Reeve

Service Number:	621562
Enlisted:	17 December 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Launceston, TAS, 21 August 1919
Home Town:	Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, George Town Max Harris Reserve & Memorial Rose Garden

World War 2 Service

17 Dec 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 621562, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion
10 Jan 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 621562, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Taken Prisoner of War 23 Feburary 1941 at Airkom Timor. Released 30 August 1945. During that time he was imprisoned at Ousepa Besar (Timor), Tandjong Priok (Java), Changi, 6 jungle Camps (Siam) and Omuta (Japan).

Upon returning home he was suffering from a dislocated spine, chipped hip bone and ankle bone, ulcerated stomach, and weakening eyesight. He was 2 1/2 stone under wight.

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