HARRIS, Hamlyn Laviscant Vernon
| Service Number: | 572 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 November 1914, Holsworthy, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Tumut Plains, NSW, 12 November 1895 |
| Home Town: | Tumut, Tumut Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | King's College Goulburn |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Sudden, Tumut, NSW, 8 November 1953, aged 57 years |
| Cemetery: |
Tumut New Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia CE Old Section S38-39 |
| Memorials: | Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book, Tumut All Saint's Church Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 572, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Holsworthy, NSW | |
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| 21 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 572, 6th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 572, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
HAMLYN LAVICOUNT VERNON HARRIS was born at Tumut Plains, New South Wales, on 12th November, 1895, the son of Mr. Hamilton Lavicount Harris and Mrs. E. L. L. Harris. He was educated at King’s College, Goulburn, and joined the Bank’s staff at Gundagai on 10th May, 1913, being transferred in the following July to Temora.
Hamlyn L. V. Harris enlisted in the 1st Australian Light Horse on 22nd November, 1914, and afterwards received promotion to sergeant. He saw service in Egypt, Gallipoli and Palestine.
Source - Bank of NSW Roll of Honour
The Land (Sydney, NSW : 1911 - 1954) Fri 27 Nov 1953
Mr. Hamlyn Vernon Harris, 58, of Wermatong, dropped dead at his home after returning from a Graziers' Association meeting at Tumut. He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Hamlyn Harris, of that district.He had entered the Bank of New South Wales but, when war broke out in 1914, he enlisted (at 19) with the First Light Horse and, along with three older brothers, original Anzacs, saw service throughout World War I. On his return he entered the pastoral industry and, on the death of his parents, became part owner of Wermatong. In recent years he took his son into partnership with him, and he, with Mrs. Harris and a daughter, survive.The funeral was the largest ever seen in Tumut.
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