HARRISON, George Leon
| Service Number: | 3373 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 July 1915, 11th Reinforcements |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tideswell, Derbyshire, England, 25 March 1890 |
| Home Town: | Bunbury, Bunbury, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Lumper |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 25 July 1916, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bunbury Roll of Honour, Bunbury War Memorial, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3373, 11th Infantry Battalion, 11th Reinforcements | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3373, 11th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3373, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, Bunbury, Western Australia 24/07/1915 aged 25 years and 4 months, was 5ft 8inches tall and weighed 155lbs. Underwent basic training at 18th Bn Depot between 27/07/1915 and 26/09/1915 before travelled to Habieta in Egypt and arriving 02/03/1916, had his photo taken with the rest of 11th Battalion on one of the pyramids (Famous Photo) and onto Alexandria 29/03/1916 before setting sail to France on the Troop Ship “Corsican” and landing in Marseille 05/04/1916. Reported missing in action 25/07/1916. Before the war has spent 3 years 4 months serving in 6th Bn Notts and Derby (Sherwood Forester). Son of Leon and Elizabeth Harrison, Primrose Cottage, Gordon Road, Tideswell. Brother of W/4256 Shoeingsmith John Frederick Harrison 119th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Brother of 5869 Pte Thomas Johnson Harrison 28th Bn Australian Infantry. Once the churchwarden of Tideswell.
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Pozieres. George Leon were his Christian names. He was a great favourite with the Battalion. Repeated enquiries were made by us but no one seems to have seen him wounded. He was seen going over with us July 22-25. The bombardment no doubt upset him. He suffered much from epileptic fits. It is likely that under the stress of shell fire one of his bad turns came over him: for he lagged behind – that may explain why no one saw him wounded. I myself should say he was killed by shell fire knowing how intense the bombardment was. C. E. McCarthy 3415. Red Cross File.
Brothers
HARRISON, Pte. Thomas Johnson, 5869. 28th Bn. Australian Inf. Killed in action 1st June, 1918. Age 25. Son of Leon and Elizabeth Harrison, of Primrose Cottage, Tideswell, Buxton, Derbyshire, England. Native of Tideswell. Franvillers Communal Cemetery Extension I. D. 13.
W/4256 Shoeing Smith John Frederick HARRISON, "A" Battery, 119th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, killed in action on Wednesday, 17th April 1918. Age 23. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Harrison, of Tideswell. Buried at LE GRAND HASARD MILITARY CEMETERY, MORBECQUE, Nord, France.
61231 James Reginald Harrison, Notts and Derby (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment, wounded near Albert.