George Legdon HARRIS

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Service Number:	2044
Enlisted:	19 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	57th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Chelsea, England, March 1896
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium , 5 March 1918
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial Ypres, Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Camperdown I.O.O.F. Great European War Roll of Honor, Moonee Ponds St. Thomas Anglican Church Honour Roll, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

19 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2044, Melbourne, Victoria
18 Feb 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2044, 29th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
18 Feb 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2044, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne
5 Mar 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2044, 57th Infantry Battalion

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