HARRISON, Thomas Johnson
| Service Number: | 5869 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 20 June 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tideswell, Derbyshire, England, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Bunbury, Bunbury, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | National School (Church of England) |
| Occupation: | Dairy hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 1 June 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Franvillers Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row D, Grave No. 13), Franvillers Communal Cemetery Extension, Franvillers, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5869, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 5869, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 5869, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Fremantle |
Help us honour Thomas Johnson Harrison's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Base Records Office wrote to the soldier’s Mother in England to explain her son’s death:-
” Dear Madam, With reference to the report of the regrettable loss of your son, the late No. 5869, Private T.J. HARRISON, 28th Battalion, I am now in receipt of advice which shows that he was killed at 1.45 a.m. on 1st June, 1918, by a bomb dropped from a hostile aeroplane , between Lahoussoye and Franvillers, death being instantaneous. He was buried in Franvillers Military Cemetery and a suitable cross has been erected over the grave “. National Archives Service File.
Brothers
HARRISON, Pte. George Leon, 3373. 11th Bn. AIF killed in action 25th July, 1916. Age 26. Son of Leon and Elizabeth Harrison, of Primrose Cottage, Tidewell, Derbyshire, England. Villers Bretonneux-France.
W/4256 Shoeing Smith John Frederick HARRISON, "A" Battery, 119th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, killed in action on Wednesday, 17th April 1918. Age 23. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Harrison, of Tideswell. Buried at LE GRAND HASARD MILITARY CEMETERY, MORBECQUE, Nord, France.
61231 James Reginald Harrison, Notts and Derby (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment, wounded near Albert.