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Leo HARRIS

Regimental number3132
Place of birthVictoria
SchoolNar Nar Goon State School, Gippsland, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressNar Nar Goon, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs Josephine Harris, Nar Nar Goon, Victoria
Enlistment date20 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on 26 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll15th Field Artillery Brigade
FateKilled in Action 9 August 1916
Place of death or woundingSailly-le-Sec, Somme Sector, France
Age at death21.3
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialAnzac Cemetery (Plot II, Row E, Grave 4), Sailly-Sur-La-Lys, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
19
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Josephine HARRIS, Nar-Nar-Goon, Victoria

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