HARRIS, Geoffrey Hamlyn Lavicount
| Service Number: | 1012 |
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| 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 |
Boer War Service
| 1 Jan 1900: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 1012, 1st Australian Horse, The Boer Offensive | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
| 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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Add my storyBiography 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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