William Alexander HARRIS

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HARRIS, William Alexander

Service Numbers:	2427, 2427a, 2427A
Enlisted:	12 July 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wallaroo, South Australia, Australia, 16 October 1893
Home Town:	Williamstown (SA), Barossa, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Natural Causes, Queensland, Australia , 3 March 1968, aged 74 years
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
Memorials:	Gawler Council Gawler Men Who Answered the Call WW1 Roll of Honor, Kingoonya & Tarcoola Honour Roll, Mount Crawford Roll of Honor, Williamstown Uniting Church Stained Glass Windows

World War 1 Service

12 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2427, 48th Infantry Battalion
28 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 2427, 48th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
28 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 2427, 48th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Adelaide
11 Apr 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2427a, 48th Infantry Battalion, GSW Chest and Shoulder
4 Dec 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2427A, 48th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Heather Ernszt

Son of Richard HARRIS and Blanche FINLAYSON.

Brother of

Gunner Charles Marley HARRIS SN 1859 5th Divisional Ammunition Column Accidently Killed 23 september 1918

and

Private Leslie Harold HARRIS SN 16228, Army Medical Corps (AIF)

Foster son of Annie and William Francis COLES.

Married Myrtle May WILSON on 1st Oct 1921 in St Georges Church Gawler

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