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HARRIS, George
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 507 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Ararat, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Regimental Sergeant Major |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, April 1885 |
| Home Town: | Ararat, Ararat, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Natural causes, 1960, place of death not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 507, Ararat, Victoria | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, SN 507, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, SN 507, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1 | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, SN 507, 8th Infantry Battalion, 'ANZAC' / Gallipoli | |
| 13 May 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 8th Infantry Battalion | |
| 8 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, SN 507, 8th Infantry Battalion, 'ANZAC' / Gallipoli, Wounds to head and chest, shrapnel | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Regimental Sergeant Major, 8th Infantry Battalion | |
| 30 Sep 1917: | Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, Third Ypres, October 1917, attack around Polygon Wood, Belgium | |
| 5 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Regimental Sergeant Major, SN 507, 8th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge, GSW (head) | |
| 26 Jan 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Regimental Sergeant Major, SN 507, 8th Infantry Battalion |
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