James Douglas HARRIS

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HARRIS, James Douglas

Service Numbers:	Q265287, Q265287, QX61152
Enlisted:	9 October 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2/1 Guard Regiment
Born:	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 25 April 1906
Home Town:	Goodna, Ipswich, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Riverview, Queensland, Australia , 9 May 1985, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Toogoolawah Cemetery
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World War 2 Service

9 Oct 1942:	Enlisted Private, Q265287, 13/33 (originally 13 and 33 , later amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
13 Feb 1944:	Embarked Private, Q265287, 57/60 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, ex Townsville per Katoomba for Lae
22 May 1944:	Discharged Private, Q265287, 13/33 (originally 13 and 33 , later amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
23 May 1944:	Involvement Private, Q265287, also QX61152
23 May 1944:	Involvement Private, QX61152, also Q265287
23 May 1944:	Enlisted
23 May 1944:	Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), QX61152, 2nd/2nd HQ Guard Battalion
23 May 1944:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX61152
2 Aug 1944:	Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), QX61152, 2nd/2nd HQ Guard Battalion, ex Madang per Katoomba for Townsville
21 Jan 1945:	Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), QX61152, 2/1 Guard Regiment, ex Townsville per Duntroon for Bougainville
14 Dec 1945:	Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), QX61152, 2/1 Guard Regiment, ex Torokina per Westralia for Rabaul
14 Dec 1945:	Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), QX61152, 2/1 Guard Regiment, ex Torokina per Westralia for Rabaul
14 Dec 1945:	Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), QX61152, 2/1 Guard Regiment, ex Torokina per Westralia for Rabaul
14 Dec 1945:	Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), QX61152, 2/1 Guard Regiment, ex Torokina per Westralia for Rabaul
14 Dec 1945:	Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), QX61152, 2/1 Guard Regiment, ex Torokina per Westralia for Rabaul
13 Jan 1946:	Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), QX61152, 2/1 Guard Regiment, ex Rabaul per Duntroon for Brisbane
22 Jan 1946:	Discharged
22 Jan 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX61152

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

James Douglas Harris was the 6th of 9 children of Alfred Edward Harris and Elizabeth Roxborough Smith. Brothers Leslie Alfred and Edward David also served in the Australian Defence Forces.

Born in Ipswich, QLD James was living in Brisbane, QLD and working as a Labourer when he married Elizabeth Baird Locke in 1929. He was a Labourer when he enlisted on 9 October 1942 in the Australian Army and served as a Private (Service No: QX61152/Q265287) with 14th Light Horse (Volunteers) and 2.1 Australian Guard Regiment. James also served from 1944 to 1946 as a Private (Service No: QX265287) with 57/60 Australian Infantry Battalion in Bougainville

James and his family moved to Goodna, QLD where he worked as a Truck Driver

Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

James served in the CMF as a Private (Service No:Q265287) from 9 October 1942 to 22 June 1944 and was in New Guinea with 57/60 Infantry Battalion.

He enlisted 'in the field' with the Army, serving with 2/1 and 2/2 Australian Guard Regiment from 23 May 1944 to 22 January 1946. He was a Private (Service No:QX61152 and was in Bougainville from 23 December 1944 to 13 January 1946.

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