Allan Cuthbert Edward HARRIS

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HARRIS, Allan Cuthbert Edward

Service Number:	QX38672
Enlisted:	15 April 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 19 November 1909
Home Town:	Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Southport Boys. School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Assistant Manager
Died:	Nelson, New Zealand, 8 January 1968, aged 58 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, QX38672
15 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX38672
17 Dec 1942:	Discharged

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Private Allan Cuthbert Edward Harris (Service No:QX38672) served in the AIF from 15 April 1942 to 17 December 1942 (Medically Unfit).

Allan was born in Brisbane QLD in 1909, youngest of two children (sons) of David Cuthbert Harris (b1883 in Bundaberg, QLD) and Ruby Jane Edward (b1887 in Brisbane, QLD). David and Ruby married in 1906 in Brisbane, where they settled and raised their family and David worked as a Packer and Clerk.

Allan worked in Brisbane as a Clerk, and in 1934 married Margaret Emily Strachan (b1913 in Brisbane, QLD). Allan and Margaret settled in Brisbane, where they raised their family and Allan worked as Assistant Manager and Company Manager for a wholesale bicycle company. Margaret died in 1959, and Allan was in New Zealand in 1968 when he died.

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