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HARRISON, John Louis
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 654 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 October 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 4th Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | North Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | State School, Newtown, Geelong, and Hawthorn, Melbourne, Victoria and Gordon Technical College, Geelong, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Turner and fitter |
| Died: | Killed In Action, France, 5 April 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Frechencourt Communal Cemetery Row A, Grave 1 Headstone Inscription - "OUR LOVED ONLY SON LOUIS SOMETIME WE'LL UNDERSTAND" |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 26 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 654, 2nd Divisional Signal Company | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Sapper, 654, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Sapper, 654, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Borda, Melbourne | |
| 9 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 4th Divisional Signal Company | |
| 6 May 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 4th Divisional Signal Company | |
| 1 Sep 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4th Divisional Signal Company | |
| 25 Aug 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 4th Divisional Signal Company | |
| 25 Nov 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 4th Divisional Signal Company | |
| 7 Apr 1918: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, "For conspicuous good work and devotion to duty at Zonnebeke & Hollebeke while in command of 10th A.F.A. Signal Subsection during various periods in the line between 10th Sept 1917 & 25th Feby 1918" |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of James and Louisa HARRISON, of Herne Hill, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.