HARRIS, William Leitch
| Service Number: | 3510 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Paisley, Scotland, United Kingdom, 12 July 1889 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clockmaker |
| Died: | Pulmonary Oedma, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 10 February 1955, aged 65 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3510, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3510, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney |
William Leitch Harris
My name is Gill, nee Harris. William is my great uncle, brother of Alexander Lang Harris. Some years ago I started a family tree and have found out a few things about him. The biggest mystery to us, is where is Mildred his daughter, who is named on William's gravestone in Botany. We also cannot trace his wife, Lily, nee Agar, born in Durham England. We know he fought in WW1 in AIF, came back to England then returned to Australia in 1919 with Lily. We have traced him in two electoral rolls, in 1930 and 1946, but no trace of Lily or Mildred. if anyone reads this, i would love to know any information on the three of them. William died in Repatriation General Hospital Concord on 10th February 1955, my grandfather, Alexander died in 1946.
I knew nothing of Alexander as he left my dad's family when my dad was about 10, although i have since found out that dad did have contact with Alexander until he died. My parents didn't marry until 1950 and dad never talked about his family life. We have met one of Alexander's second family, a boy called Robert, the youngest, and only boy of nine children.
Submitted 11 January 2021 by Gill Organ