HARRISON, George Harold
| Service Number: | 5897 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 4th Light Horse Brigade Train |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 26 May 1915: | Involvement Driver, 5897, 4th Light Horse Brigade Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
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| 26 May 1915: | Embarked Driver, 5897, 4th Light Horse Brigade Train, HMAT Afric, Adelaide |
George Harold Harrison
Name: George Harold Harrison
Service Number: 8876
Parents: Not available
Place of Birth: Belfast, Northern Ireland
Date of Birth: September 1875, based on A.IF. Attestment papers.
Place of Enlistment: Keswick
Date of Enlistment: 15 March 1915
Age at Enlistment: 39 years 6 months
Marital Status: Single
Next of Kin: Sister, Elizabeth Florence Eccles, Manchester, England
Occupation: Cook
Religion: Church of England
Rank:Driver 1st Australian Army Service Corps
Memorials: Kersbrook Roll of Honor
George trained with B Coy Base Depot from 15 March 1915 to and was transferred to the 4th Light Horse training Brigade as a driver on 1 April. His unit embarked A19 Afric in Adelaide on 26 May 1915 for Egypt, where they served at Tel-el Kebir. For talking whilst on parade on 7 March 1916, George was fined 7 days’ pay and for being drunk in Cairo on 10 April he was docked 10 shillings. On 26 May, he was drunk again, for which he was fined 10 shillings. He embarked for Heliopolis that day. A more serious offence occurred when with the 18th Coy, George failed to carry out a given order and was docked 7 days’ pay.
His unit was sent to Etaples, France on 26 July. George was transferred to the 2nd Australian Division 1st AASC at Etaples on 21 September. Another bout of drunkenness at Havre on 19 October led to being docked 42 days’ pay. He was in confinement awaiting trial from 19 to 23 October and was imprisoned at the 6th Detention Camp at Havre on 31 October as part of court martial proceedings. George was transferred to 18th Coy Army Service Corps on 6 March 1917. He was on leave in England from 12 March 1918 until returning to his unit on 4 April.
On 21 March he embarked Kildonian Castle to return to Australia. He disembarked on 7 May.
Proceedings of George Harrison’s Court Martial were filed in the Attorney-General’s Department on 7 April 1920.
George served with the 18th Coy Army Service Corps in March 1917 in France and was granted leave on 12 March 1918. He returned to Australia from Devonport on the Kildonian Castle on 21 March 1919, disembarked on 7 May and was discharged on 6 July.
George was awarded the 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
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Submitted 5 September 2023 by christopher collins