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HARRISON, Alfred Henry

Service Number:	NX17773
Enlisted:	27 May 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Condong, NSW, Australia, 19 November 1918
Home Town:	Mullumbimby, Byron Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

World War 2 Service

27 May 1940:	Enlisted Private, NX17773, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
27 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX17773
1 Mar 1941:	Involvement Private, NX17773, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Libya/North Africa
10 Apr 1941:	Involvement Private, NX17773, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Siege of Tobruk
13 Sep 1942:	Wounded Private, NX17773, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein, Blast wounds (multiple lacerations) - remained with unit.
23 Oct 1942:	Wounded Private, NX17773, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein, 1st degree burns Rt. leg, shrapnel Rt. elbow (remained with unit).
1 Nov 1944:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX17773
1 Nov 1944:	Discharged Private, NX17773, 2nd/13th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement Private, NX17773, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Jeffrey Crisdale

WIA Tel el Eisa (2/17 Bn)

WIA El Alamein (2/17 Bn)

Posting at discharge - 2/13 Battalion 9 Division