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HARRIS, Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 905 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 April 1915, Enlisted at Daylesford, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Winchelsea, Victoria, Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Colac, Colac-Otway, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Deans Marsh School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds - shrapnel wounds, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 14 November 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Plot 11, Row E, Grave 1 Chaplain McRae Stewart officiated Headstone inscription reads: Though death divides fond memory clings gone but not forgotten. Tom , Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Colac Soldier's Memorial, Winchelsea WWI Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 6 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 905, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Daylesford, Victoria | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 905, 24th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 905, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 14 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 905, 21st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 905 awm_unit: 21st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-11-14 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Birth name registered as Charles Benjamin Harris registration number 839
Son of Benjamin Harris and Ann Harris nee Grogan of Colac, Victoria. Brother of Thomas George Harris of Polwarth Street, Colac, Victoria
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal