HARRIS, Charles Archibald
| Service Number: | 1150 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 33rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bourke, New South Wales, Australia, 18 September 1892 |
| Home Town: | Armidale, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer with NSW Government Railways and Tramways |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 7 June 1917, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Armidale Memorial Fountain, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 4 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1150, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
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| 4 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1150, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
Charles Archibald Harris was born on 18th September 1892 in the Darling River district. He worked as a labourer for the NSW Government Railways and tramways.
He enlisted in Armidale, NSW. He gave his calling as ‘laborer’.
He was killed in action in Belgium on 7th June 1917. Although he was unmarried, and his father was his next of kin, he did leave behind a daughter, Maud, in Australia and the military went to some length to ensure that she not only received a pension, but some of the medals to which her father was entitled.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board