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William Charles HARRIS

Regimental number5105
Place of birthBendigo, Victoria
SchoolState School, Bendigo, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationMiner
AddressUpper Road, California Gully, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinWife, Mrs E M Harris, Upper Road, California Gully, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date22 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/23/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on 1 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll15th Light Trench Mortar Battery
FateKilled in Action 26 September 1917
Place of death or woundingPolygon Wood, Belgium
Age at death29
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot LXIII, Row D, Grave 15), Passchendaele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
20
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Office of War Graves records notes: 'Husband of Mrs E M Scott (formerly Harris), of Job's Gully Bridge, Bendigo, Victoria.'
Family/military connectionsBrother-in-law: 3648 Pte Jack YARROW, 60th Bn, killed in action, 25 September 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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