Norman Page HARRIS

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HARRIS, Norman Page

Service Number:	4038
Enlisted:	22 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Young, New South Wales, Australia, 21 December 1896
Home Town:	Young, Young, New South Wales
Schooling:	Milong Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Died of wounds, 10th Casualty Clearing Station, Belgium, 10th Casualty Clearing Station, Remy Siding, Lijssenthoek, Flanders, Belgium, 5 October 1917, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Plot XX, Row H, Grave 6A. IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF A BELOVED SON & BROTHER
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Young Milong Public School Honour Roll, Young St. John the Evangelist Church Great War Memorial Window

World War 1 Service

22 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4038, 3rd Infantry Battalion
30 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 4038, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
30 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 4038, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Norman Page Harris enlisted 22 July 1915 with his eldest brother William John Harris at Liverpool, New South Wales. They were the sons of William Harris, a farmer and Lucy née Whitechurch, of Young, New South Wales. Neither had not done any prior service because they worked what was in an ‘exempt area’ (farming, supplying food for the nation). Oddly, they were allocated to different units, William to the 17th Battalion and Norman to the 3rd Battalion.

Sadly, Norman’s brother, 2383 William John Harris fell seriously ill and died of pneumonia on 27 September 1915 at the Liverpool Camp hospital.

Norman was wounded during the 3rd Battalion’s fighting at Pozieres on 22 July 1916. He suffered a slight gunshot wound to the head, or at least slight enough for him rejoin his unit in Belgium during October 1916. Only one day later Norman was wounded ‘2nd occasion’, this time evacuated to England with shrapnel wounds to both thighs.

Norman was in England for many months recovering and on 21 August 1917 he rejoined 3rd Battalion in France’ (from wounded). He was mortally wounded on 5 October 1917, near Ypres, Belgium, dying from horrendous shrapnel wounds to the thighs, the same place he was previously wounded. He passed away in the 10th Casualty Clearing Station, at 21 years of age.

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