HARRISON, Thomas Johnson
| Service Number: | 5869 |
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| 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) |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bunbury War Memorial, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5869, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 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 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Leon and Elizabeth Harrison, of Primrose Cottage, Tideswell, Buxton, Derbyshire, England.
DEARLY LOVED SON OF LEON & ELIZABETH HARRISON OF TIDESWELL, DERBY.
Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, Bunbury, Western Australia 16/16/1916 aged 23 years and 7 months, was 5ft 7 3/8 inches tall and weighed 144lbs. Departed Freemantle Western Australia on 10/10/1916 for Plymouth England arriving on 20/12/1916. Departed on the “H T Princess Clementine from Folkstone 28/12/1916 and arrived Etaples on the 19/12/1916. Suffered gunshot wound to foot and evacuated through 5th Australian Field Ambulance to the 49th Casualty Clearing Station before arriving at No 3 Static Hospital in Rouen. After receiving treatment spent time at No 2 and No 11 Convalescent Units before returning to his Battalion on 14/08/1917. He was again wounded, this time gassed when his trench was hit by gas shells on 29/10/1917 and evacuated via Boulogne to Venice Street Auxiliary Hospital in Liverpool on 21/11/1917. Having spent time convalescing at Venice Street Hospital he was transferred to Harefield’s Hospital and several more convalescent unit before returning to the Battalion in France on 21/01/1918. However, he decided to go AWOL for nine days in London only reporting for duty in Bulford on the 27/01/1918 and fined 10 days’ pay. It was during his stay in Bulford he reported sick and was isolated with scabies for 6 days, eventually rejoined his Battalion in France on 21/05/1918. Son of Leon and Elizabeth Harrison, Primrose Cottage, Gordon Road, Tideswell. Brother of 33373 Pte George Leon Harrison. 11th Bn Australian Imperial Force. Brother of W/4256 Shoeingsmith John Frederick Harrison 119th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Biography 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.