HARRIS, John Victor
| Service Number: | 2670 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia, 24 June 1897 |
| Home Town: | Tumut, Tumut Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bricklayer |
| Died: | Cancer of Stomach, Tumut, New South Wales, Australia, 19 September 1946, aged 49 years |
| Cemetery: |
Tumut New Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 2670, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 2670, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 31 May 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2670, 18th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Andersen
Tumut and Adelong Times 24th September 1946
OBITUARY
MR. JOHN V. HARRIS
As announced in our last issue the death occurred at the Tumut and District Hospital on Thursday last of Mr. John Victor Harris, a veteran of the 1914-18 war, at the age of 49 years. The late Mr Harris had been in ill health for some time and had gone to Wagga to consult a specialist and there he took a bad turn and was admitted to Wagga Base Hospital where he remained for 7 weeks prior to being moved back to Tumut Hospital, about 2 weeks ago. Little hope was held for his recovery and he passed away as stated last Thursday. Deceased was a native of Tumut, being a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Harris. He served in the 1914- 18 Great War in which he lost a leg. It was remarkable the manner in which he got about on his wooden limb on his return to civilian life. He commenced a carrying business and displayed remarkable strength and agility in its conduct. Afterwards he went in for dairying at Toole's Creek and then at Blowering. For some time he conducted the Blowering cream run before launching out on a market garden at Gilmore. In recent years he had a mail run between Tumut and Adelong, but on the cancellation of this service about four years ago he went to Gilmore to reside. Deceased married Miss Annie Mc Mahon, of Adaminaby, who predeceased him by 6 years. He leaves a family of four sons and four daughters viz. John, William, Walter and Brian (Gilmore), Mary, Phyllis (Mrs W. Byrne, Sydney), Lilly (AAMWS) and Edna.