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HARRIS, William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 699 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed In Action, France, 7 March 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial Villers-Bretonneux, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 699, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
|---|---|---|
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 699, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Honoured Military Medal | |
| 7 Mar 1917: | Involvement Lieutenant, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 18 Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-03-07 |
Personal Stories
Scouting Connection
William was a Quartermaster and Patrol Leader with the 1st Leichardt Scout Troop and is named on the Scout Association's First World War Roll of Honour
https://heritage.scouts.org.uk/explore/scouting-in-the-first-world-war/
Submitted 21 January 2020 by David Oliver