Charles HARRIS

HARRIS, Charles

Service Number: 905
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
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World War 1 Service

6 Apr 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 905, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Daylesford, Victoria
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

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Biography 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