Harry Mitchell HARRIS

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Service Number:	1701
Enlisted:	21 May 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	19th Infantry Battalion
Born:	London, England, 1875
Home Town:	Maitland, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Florist
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, At sea (HS Gloucester Castle), 30 August 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 64, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

21 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1701, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
19 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 1701, 19th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: ''
19 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 1701, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Sydney

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Arrived in Australia aged 39 Years

Son of William and Sarah Caroline Harris. Brother of William Sparks Harris of Maitland, SA

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal