HARRISON, David
| Service Number: | 6317 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia, 21 March 1891 |
| Home Town: | Tenterfield, Tenterfield Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Locomotive Fireman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 October 1918, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bellicourt British Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Tenterfield & District Fallen Soldiers Roll of Honor Infantry |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6317, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
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| 11 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6317, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
David HARRISON, (Service Number 6317) was born on 21 March 1891 near Tenterfield. He had joined the NSW Railways as a cleaner at Armidale locomotive depot in 1913, and by October 1916, when he joined the Expeditionary Forces, he had progressed to be a fireman.
Submitted 2 September 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by John Oakes
David HARRISON (Service Number 6317) was born on 21st March 1891 near Tenterfield. He had joined the NSW Railways as a cleaner at Armidale locomotive depot in 1913. By October 1916, when he joined the Expeditionary Forces, he had progressed to be a fireman.
He left Sydney on 11th November on HMAT ‘Suevic’ and arrived in Devonport, UK, in January 1917
He was killed in action in France on 3rd October 1918 and was buried east of Jourcourt the same day. After the war, in the rationalisation of cemeteries his remains were exhumed and re-interred in the Bellicourt British Cemetery, 7½ miles NNW of St. Quentin.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board