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HARRIS, Edwin Gene

Service Number:	VX135959
Enlisted:	7 November 1941, Griffiths, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	57/60 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Cobar, New South Wales, Australia , 25 February 1917
Home Town:	Boorga, Carrathool, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Share Farmer / Grazier / Showman
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 4 March 1944, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery Plot F. Row D. Grave 15.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Preston 57/60th Honour Roll

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX135959
7 Nov 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 57/60 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, Griffiths, New South Wales
12 Feb 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX135959

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of John and Mary Harris, of Boorga, New South Wales.

HE DIED AS HE LIVED A PERFECT GENTLEMAN