Roy Bayles HARPER

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HARPER, Roy Bayles

Service Number:	675
Enlisted:	24 January 1916, an original member of C Company
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Elderslie, Tasmania, Australia, 2 May 1895
Home Town:	Elderslie, Southern Midlands, Tasmania
Schooling:	Elderslie State School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Farm labourer
Died:	Killed in action, France, 12 February 1917, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres Plot IV, Row E, Grave No. 26.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

24 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 675, 40th Infantry Battalion, an original member of C Company
1 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 675, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
1 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 675, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart
12 Feb 1917:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 675, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 675 awm_unit: 40th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-02-12

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Roy Harper was badly wounded in both legs during heavy shelling of the 40th Battalion trenches on 11 February 1917 near Armentieres. He died in a field ambulance the next day. His brother, 128 Pte. David Thomas Harper served with the Australian Flying Corps and was awarded a Meritorious Service Medal and another brother 5109 Pte. Reuben Henry Harper 52nd Battalion AIF was awarded a Military Medal for bravery in 1917.

They were the sons of Thomas Duncan and Elizabeth Harper, of Elderslie, Tasmania.

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