George Peter HARRIS

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Other Name:	VAMVAKARIS, GEORGE PETER - True Name
Service Number:	VX30971
Enlisted:	15 June 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Polamon, Rythera, Greece, 22 September 1907
Home Town:	Ouyen, Mildura Shire, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Shop Assistant
Died:	Not known, Waterfall Bay, Rabaul, New Britain, Pacific Islands, 24 February 1942, aged 34 years
Cemetery:	Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea (CWGC) Grave Reference, Location ~ Plot B, Row A, Grave 7. Personal Inscription ~ "LOVED SON OF MR. & MRS. R. VAMVAKARIS OF RYTHERA, GREECE".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ouyen War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX30971
15 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX30971, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion

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