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HARRIS, Arthur
| Service Number: | 62492 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 May 1918 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements |
| Born: | Sandy Creek, South Australia, 28 June 1898 |
| Home Town: | Morgan, Mid Murray, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Mildura, Victoria, 17 November 1953, aged 55 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mildura (Nichols Point) Public Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Gawler Council Gawler Men Who Answered the Call WW1 Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 22 May 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 62492 | |
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| 22 Oct 1918: | Involvement Private, 62492, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Oct 1918: | Embarked Private, 62492, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, HMAT Boonah, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 62492 | |
| 2 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 62492 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Kathleen Emms
Arthur (Artie) was the second child and second son of Alfred James and Anna Sophia Dorethea (BRUS) WILSON who was born at Sandy Creek. His family had moved to Morgan at the time of his enlistment and the Morgan community assembled in the local Institute Hall, Saturday, 7th September, 1918 to farewell him.
Arthur boarded the HMAT Boonah at Port Adelaide, 22nd October, 1918. The Boonah was the last troopship to leave Australia in WW1.
Arriving at Durban, South Africa 3 days after Armistice, the ship made arrangements to return home. What unfolded thereafter became known as the "Boonah Crisis" when a number of the crew and soldiers succumbed to the Spanish flu. Quarantined at Fremantle where the sickest 300 disembarked, the ship finally proceeded to Port Adelaide where the remainder were quarantined at the Torrens Island Quarantine Station.
After the war, Arthur worked in the Riverland of South Australia and Mildura, Victoria. He died at Mildura, 1953.