Robert Charles Philip HARRIS

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HARRIS, Robert Charles Philip

Service Number:	Q105986
Enlisted:	16 May 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	47th Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 28 May 1914
Home Town:	Maryborough, Fraser Coast, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Pneumonia, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 3 February 1948, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	Maryborough Lawn Cemetery, Queensland
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World War 2 Service

16 May 1941:	Involvement Private, Q105986, released medical unfit
16 May 1941:	Enlisted
16 May 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q105986, 47th Infantry Battalion AMF
17 Jan 1942:	Discharged
17 Jan 1942:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q105986, 47th Infantry Battalion AMF

Robert's life in Maryborough Qld

Robert's demise was caused as a result of an illness he contracted (lung infection) by injesting dirty water into his lungs while swimming in a creek with his brother Percy. He had volunteered for service in WW2 and only found out one of his lungs had shrivelled up after he was diagnosed by Doctors in the Army. He was discharged because of this and went home to marry Nancy Martin and have 3 children. He established a dairy farm in Teddington. He contracted a bad cold/flu and collapsed after milking the cows and died on the way to hospital.

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