HARMAN, Reginald Herbert
| Service Number: | 669 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 23 August 1914, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Clewer, Windsor, Berkshire, England, 1881 |
| Home Town: | Lismore, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Motor Mechanic |
| Died: | Died of Wounds, Stefano Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt, 2 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Row C, Grave 194 Headstone inscription reads: Until the day break much sorrow from his aunt, Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lismore & District Memorial Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 669, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW | |
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| 24 Sep 1914: | Involvement Private, 669, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Sep 1914: | Embarked Private, 669, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane | |
| 24 Feb 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal | |
| 2 May 1915: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 669, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 669 awm_unit: 9th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-05-02 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia aged 27 years
Address at the time of enlistment was C/- S.J. Jamieson of Lismore, NSW
Son of Herbert James and Marie Harman
Husband of Susanna Elizabeth Harman of 16 Albany Place, Cowgate Hill, Dover, England
Father of John Herbert Granville Harman
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the East Kent Volunteers, England
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Extract from CEW Bean, Volume 1, Anzac, Page 377, 2ND BRIGADE ON "400 PLATEAU"
‘The advanced party, under Boase and Thomas, retired onto the summit of Lone Pine, until they reached a position about fifty yards in front of the Turkish guns at The Cup. There they formed a disjointed line in the scrub. Thomas had sent one of his men, Lance-Corporal Harman, with a message to Major Brand, reporting the Turkish attack and the dangerous isolation of the advanced party, and asking for support. Harman was hit, but the message appears to have got through either to Brand or to MacLagan.’
In his service file Harman was reported to have suffered a gunshot wound to the head on 27 April 1915, was evacuated and died of wounds in Egypt, and buried in the Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery