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Benjamin Connell HARRIS

Regimental number2585
Place of birthChinaman Flat, Wallsend, New South Wales
SchoolWallsend Public School, Wallsend, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBaker
AddressWhitton Street, Wallsend, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs Helen Jane Harris, Whitton Street, Wallsend, New South Wales
Previous military service15th Infantry
Enlistment date19 August 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name34th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/51/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Napier on 17 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll34th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 16 June 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, France
Age at death21.5
Place of burialLongeau British Cemetery (Plot I, Row F, Grave No. 7), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
124
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Ellen HARRIS, "Risca", Whitton Street, Wallsend, Newcastle, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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