HARRIS, Reginald William
| Service Number: | 30932 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 26 February 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia, 27 March 1915 |
| Home Town: | Devonport, Devonport, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 6 July 1974, aged 59 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 26 Feb 1941: | Enlisted 30932 | |
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| 10 Oct 1941: | Discharged 30932 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Aircraftman I Reginald William Harris (Service No:30932) initially served in the Militia (Private; Service No:234382) with 12th Battalion. He enlisted in the RAAF at No 6 Recruiting Centre Hobart on 26 February 1941, and was attached to Wireless and Gunnery School (WAGS) Ballarat on 10 October 1941 when he was Discharged as Medically Unfit.
Reg was born in Latrobe, Tasmania in 1915, ninth of eleven children of Charles (Charlie) Edward Harris (b1872 in Sheffield, Tasmania) and Alice Wilson (b1882 at Port Sorrell, Tasmania). Charlie (a Farm Labourer) and Alice married in 1900 in Latrobe, where they settled and raised their family and Charlie worked as a Labourer. In the 1920s the family lived in Devonport, where Charlie worked as a Carter before returning to Latrobe.
Reg was a Labourer in Devonport before enlisting in the RAAF and, following his Discharge, was a Process Worker in Launceston in the early 1940s when he married Ethel May Brown (b1914 in Forrester, Tasmania) - Ethel was a Typist in Launceston. Reg and Ethel settled in Launceston, where they raised their family and Reg was a Railways Employee. Reg died in 1974 and Ethel in 2008.
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