HARRIS, Matthew Hughes
| Service Number: | 1937 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 19 July 1885 |
| Home Town: | Islington, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia, 27 February 1949, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 2-43. 141. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1937, 20th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 9 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 1937, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 1937, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney | |
| 18 Aug 1919: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1937, 18th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD, attached A.A. Pay Corps |
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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.
76 years ago today, on the Tuesday afternoon of the 1st March 1949, Sergeant Matthew Hughes Harris, 18th Battalion (A. A. Pay Corps, Reg No-1937), clerk from 3 Fleming Street, Islington, New South Wales and 18 Murray Street, Hamilton, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 63. CATHOLIC 2-43. 141.
Born at Newcastle, New South Wales on the 19th July 1885 as Mathew to George and Mary Cecelia Harris; husband of Elsie May Harris nee Agland, married 1921, Wickham, N.S.W., died 11.9.1965, Newcastle, N.S.W., age 78, sleeping at ANGLICAN 3-206. 59, Mat enlisted on the 15th June 1915 with the 20th Battalion at Liverpool, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A54 Runic on the 9th August 1915.
Wounded in action - 24.8.1916 (GSW right leg, mild), 14.5.1918 (GSW shoulder).
Admitted to hospital 12.10.1918 (blepharitis - inflammation of the eyelids).
Granted leave from 20.1.1919 to 3.2.1919.
Attached to A. A. Pay Corps 10.3.1919.
Commenced return to Australia 27.4.1919.
Mat arrived home on the 11th June 1919, being discharged on the 18th August 1919.
Mr. Harris’s name has been inscribed on The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall. Islington district did not produce a War Memorial or Roll of Honour.
I have placed poppies at Mat’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Service record states Died after Discharge, 27/2/1949.
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance.
Officially commemorated 20.12.1949 – https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html....
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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