Regimental number | 3841 |
Place of birth | Port Augusta, South Australia |
School | Port Pirie Public School and Port Augusta Public School, South Australia |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Loco foreman |
Address | 66 King Street, Mile End, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 23 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Norah Harrison, Princes Street, Solomontown, Port Pirie, South Australia |
Previous military service | Served in the Port Pirie Rifle Club and in the Volunteers. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 27th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/44/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 25th Machine Gun Company |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium |
Age at death | 25 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 25 |
Place of burial | Buttes New British Cemetery (Plot XXX, Row A, Grave No. 5), Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 178 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: John and Norah HARRISON, 27 Daribin Street, Mile End, South Australia |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |