Ernest William HARRIS

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Service Number:	1463
Enlisted:	5 January 1915
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	3rd Machine Gun Company
Born:	Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia, 22 July 1889
Home Town:	Claremont, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed In Action, France, 5 May 1917, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
Memorials:	Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial

5 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1463, 12th Infantry Battalion
15 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1463, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
15 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1463, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Fremantle
24 Feb 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant
3 May 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 3rd Machine Gun Company

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