HARRISON, Robert Ronald
| Service Number: | TX2696 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 June 1940, Hobart, Tas. |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/7th Australian General Hospital |
| Born: | Wynyard, Tas., 7 February 1918 |
| Home Town: | Queenstown, West Coast, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Accidental (Drowning), Australia, 17 August 1943, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Adelaide River Northern Territory Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Strahan War Memorial, Sydney Memorial (Sydney War Cemetery) Rookwood |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, TX2696 | |
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| 26 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, TX2696, 2nd/7th Australian General Hospital, Hobart, Tas. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Ronald Wilberforce Harrison and Edith May Harrison, of Strahan, Tasmania.
HARRISON-On August 17, 1943, Sgt. R. R. (Bob) Harrison, A.I.F., youngest son of the late R. W. and E. M. Harrison, of Strahan, and loving brother of Merv (A.I.F., Darwin), Reg (A.I.F., Dubbo), Mary (Mrs. C. T. Treloar, Melbourne), Pauline (A.W.A.S., Hobart), and Joan (Mrs. A. M. Simms, Queenstown); aged 25 years. (Result of seaplane accident in Northern Australia).
PULPIT DEDICATED TO
MEMORY OF SOLDIER
During the evening service at St. Martin's Church of England, Queenstown, on Sunday, the Bishop of Tasmania (Rt. Rev. G. E. Cranswick) dedicated a pulpit in memory of the late Sgt. Robert Ronald Harrison. The pulpit was a gift, from officers and men of the late Sgt. Harrison's unit. The inscription read: "This pulpit is a gift of the officers and men of his unit in affectionate and proud remembrance of Sgt. R. R. Harrison, 7th A.G.H., A.I.F., aged 25 years." Mesdames R. Harrison (mother), A Simms (sister) and Cpl. R. J. Harrison (A.I.F., brother) were present at the service.
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