HARRIS, John Allan
| Service Number: | 24987 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | RAAF Station Darwin |
| Born: | Kilcoy, Queensland, Australia, 10 February 1919 |
| Home Town: | Chermside, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk, Queensland Railways |
| Died: | Prisoner of War , Netherlands, East Indies, 20 February 1942, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Ambon Memorial, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia |
| Memorials: | Ambon Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 24987 | |
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| 19 Jul 1940: | Enlisted | |
| 28 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 24987, RAAF Station Darwin | |
| 28 Feb 1941: | Enlisted 24987 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Following the Japanese invasion of Ambon Island a group of RAAF personnel working in support of Gull Force were captured trying to escape to Ceram. They were executed by the Japanese at Laha between the 6th and 20th of February 1942
Post-war their bodies were located in a mass grave; four individuals were positively identified and are buried in Ambon War Cemetery with the remaining seven commemorated on the Ambon Memorial to the missing
Positively identified; buried in Ambon War Cemetery with official date of death 6 of February 1942
Wing Commander Scott 250101
Flying Officer Verey 261029
Corporal Gaskin 16645
Aircraftman Evans 37304
Group burial; commemorated on the Ambon Memorial with official date of death 20 February 1942
Squadron Leader Anderson 253
Flight Lieutenant White 260624
Leading Aircraftman Walker 27521
Sergeant Read 406222
Aircraftman Harris 24987
Flight Sergeant Baker 402700
Flying Officer Meyer 290745