George HARRIS DCM

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Service Number:	507
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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17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 507, Ararat, Victoria
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 507, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 507, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 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, 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, 507, 8th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge, GSW (head)
26 Jan 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Regimental Sergeant Major, 507, 8th Infantry Battalion

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