HARRIS, Cecil
| Service Number: | 53466 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 April 1918, Served in 16th Infantry |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gosford, New South Wales, Australia, 28 April 1897 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | Cardiff, New South Wales, Australia, 30 July 1939, aged 42 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Newcastle (Sandgate) War Cemetery ANGLICAN 1-50. 90. |
| Memorials: | Junction Soldier's Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Apr 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 53466, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, Served in 16th Infantry | |
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| 8 May 1918: | Involvement Private, 53466, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 8 May 1918: | Embarked Private, 53466, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, RMS Osterley, Sydney | |
| 29 Jul 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 55th Infantry Battalion | |
| 29 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 53466, 55th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served in The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
81 years ago today, on the Monday afternoon of the 31st July 1939, Private Cecil (Nobby) Harris, 55th Battalion, engineer (A. Goninan and Co., Limited), of 'Waitohi', Macquarie Street, Merewether, New South Wales and Henry Street, Cardiff, N.S.W., father of five (Nancy, Betty, Molly, Albert, Cecil), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 42. ANGLICAN 1-50. 90.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133731519 - funeral notice does not state service.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133728332
Born at Gosford, New South Wales on the 28th April 1897 to Albert Edward (or Ernest) and Hannah Harris nee Ralph; husband of Molly (Mollie or Mary) Harris nee Wilson (married 1921, Merewether, N.S.W., died?), Nobby enlisted April 1918 with the 3rd N.S.W. Reinforcements at Newcastle, N.S.W., returning home September 1919.
Cecil’s name has been inscribed on the A. Goninan and Company Roll of Honour, Merewether St. Augustine's Church Roll of Honour and the Junction Soldiers' Memorial (photos, unveiled on the 9th August 1919).
Nobby’s headstone gives us no indication of his service with the 1st A.I.F., so I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label in remembrance, supplied by Andrea Gerrard and John Thomas.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=18543#2
Older brother Basil (Reg No-7800, 2nd Australian Divisional Ammunition Column, born 1895, died 1948) also resting at the cemetery. ANGLICAN 1-08. 92.
Lest We Forget.
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