Geoffrey Hamlyn Lavicount (Geoff) HARRIS MC, MiD

HARRIS, Geoffrey Hamlyn Lavicount

Service Number: 1012
Enlisted: 27 August 1914, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank: Major
Last Unit: 1st Light Horse Regiment
Born: Tumut Plains, New South Wales, 28 October 1881
Home Town: Tumut, Tumut Shire, New South Wales
Schooling: King's College, Goulburn
Occupation: Grazier
Died: Natural causes, Manly, New South Wales, 24 May 1964, aged 82 years
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Tumut All Saint's Church Roll of Honor
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Boer War Service

1 Jan 1900: Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 1012, 1st Australian Horse, The Boer Offensive
1 Jan 1902: Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse

World War 1 Service

27 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Sydney, New South Wales
20 Oct 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney
20 Oct 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
1 Feb 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Light Horse Regiment
9 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli
7 Aug 1915: Wounded Lieutenant, 1st Light Horse Regiment, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, GSW (shoulder)
13 Apr 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 1st Light Horse Regiment
4 Aug 1916: Wounded Captain, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Battle of Romani, 2nd occasion - GSW (left hand)
11 Jul 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Major, 1st Light Horse Regiment
23 Jun 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Major, 1st Light Horse Regiment

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

Lieutenant Geoffrey Hamlyn Harris of the 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse... served in the Boer War in South Africa. Lt Harris was born at Tumut, NSW, in 1881 and had already served in South Africa as a trooper in the First Australian Horse in 1900-1901 before returning as Lieutenant with the 1st Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse.

During the First World War he also served as an officer in the 1st Light Horse Regiment, winning the Military Cross and being Mentioned in Despatches thrice during service at Gallipoli and Egypt.

After the war, he rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and commanded the 7th Light Horse (Australian Horse) Regiment, a militia unit.

He died in 1964 in Sydney aged 82 years.

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