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HARRIS, Morgan Jack
| Service Number: | 2183 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 November 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Camel Corps |
| Born: | Sandy Creek, South Australia, 19 November 1896 |
| Home Town: | Morgan, Mid Murray, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer, stockman |
| Died: | Port Augusta, South Australia, 1 July 1986, aged 89 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Stirling North Cemetery (Port Augusta), S.A. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2183, 3rd Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 16 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 2183, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 2183, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Anchises, Adelaide | |
| 4 Apr 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2183, Medical discharge | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 2183, Camel Corps |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Kathleen Emms
Morgan Jack(ey) HARRIS was the oldest child of Alfred James and Anna Sophia Dorethea (BRUS) HARRIS. He was born at Sandy Creek but by the time he enlisted (with a letter from his mother) the family had moved to Morgan, South Australia.
He left Adelaide 16th March on the HMAT A68 Anchises and was in camp with the 3rd Light Horse at Tel el Kabir, Egypt on 15th April, 1916.
He transferred to the Camel Corps, 5th May, 1916 and moved to Abbassia, near Cairo before moving into the western desert.
On 7th & 8th June, 1916 he was admitted to hospitals at Kharga and Sherika suffering from sandfly fever. He was discharged back to duty 20th June, 1916 to Kharga.
Less than a month later, he reported sick again at Sherika, 4th August. He was moved to hospital at Cairo, 25th August, 1916.
By 20th November, 1916 he had been declared medically unfit for service (cardiac dilation) and was returned from Suez on HMAT Ayrshire arriving in Melbourne, 30 December, 1916.
He was admitted to the 1st General Hospital, Keswick 1st January 1917 and released 7th March 1917. He was discharged from service 4th April, 1917 as medically unfit and was granted a pension.
He married Jane Grantham at Port Augusta, 28th December 1926. He died at Port Augusta, 1st July, 1986 and is buried at the Stirling North Cemetery.
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