HARRISON, William John
| Service Number: | 183 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 9th Medium Trench Mortar Battery |
| Born: | Tighes Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 7 October 1897 |
| Home Town: | Tighes Hill, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Tighes Hill Public School and St. Mary's-Marist Bros' School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Tighes Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 8 July 1958, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW Sandgate Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Wickham "Citizens of Wickham" Volunteers Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 183, 30th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 183, 30th Infantry Battalion, Embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana | |
| 6 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 183, 9th Medium Trench Mortar Battery | |
| 12 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 183, 9th Medium Trench Mortar Battery, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
65 years ago today, on the 9th July 1958, Gunner William John Harrison, 9th Australian Medium Trench Mortar Battery (Reg No-183), labourer from 23 William Street, Tighes Hill, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 60. CATHOLIC 2-37. 76.
Born at Tighes Hill, New South Wales on the 7th October 1897 to William and Mary Agnes Harrison; husband of Margaret Harrison nee? (married?, died 9.11.1960, age 61, sleeping here), William enlisted on the 15th July 1915 with the 30th Battalion at Liverpool, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A72 Beltana on the 9th November 1915.
Admitted to hospital 9.12.1916 (synovitis to knee), 17.4.1918 (not stated).
Leave to England from 24.7.1917 to 4.8.1917.
Wounded in action - 18.5.1918 (GSW left forearm).
Invalided to England 3.6.1918.
William was invalided home on the 1st January 1919, not being discharged until the 12th December 1919.
Mr. Harrison’s name has been inscribed on the Wickham Municipal District Roll of Honour Board (1) and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall. Name not inscribed on the Tighes Hill Public School Honor Roll or the St. Mary's-Marist Bros' School (Newcastle) Honour Roll.
I have placed poppies at William’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com
Lest we forget.
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