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HARRIS, William Nicholls

Service Number:	509
Enlisted:	8 August 1916, Place of Enlistment Cairns Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Yarroweyah, Victoria, Australia, 4 May 1880
Home Town:	Kaban, Tablelands, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Horse Driver
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 2 October 1917, aged 37 years
Cemetery:	Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium Plot 111. J. 10,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Euroa Telegraph Park, Herberton War Memorial, Padre White Memorial Chapel

World War 1 Service

8 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 509, 12th Machine Gun Company, Place of Enlistment Cairns Queensland
16 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 509, 12th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
16 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 509, 12th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Medic, Melbourne
2 Oct 1917:	Involvement Private, 509, 7th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 509 awm_unit: 7th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-02

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