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HARRIS, Herbert Ernest
Personal Details
Service Number: | 296 |
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Enlisted: | 18 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Nymagee, New South Wales, Australia, 1891 |
Home Town: | Nymagee, Cobar, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 17, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 296, 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 296, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 296, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Next of kin given as his grandmother Mrs J M Duggan of Nymagee, NSW.
Son of William Harris of North Sydney, NSW
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal issued to his aunt Hannah Bodmer
Also served in the Tasmanian Rangers for about 3 years