Regimental number | 4927 |
Place of birth | Hadfield England |
Religion | Baptist |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Gosford Street, Adamstown, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Father, J Harrop, 34 Primrose Lane, Glossop, near Manchester, England |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 1st Battalion, 15th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/18/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A15 Star Of England on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 53rd Battalion |
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Military Medal Recommendation date: |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance |
Medals |
Military Medal 'On May 10th 1917, while the Battalion occupied the wedge in the Hindenburg Line near BULLECOURT, the Aid Post was hit by a shell. The medical officer was buried and Lance Corporal Harrop badly shaken. Though advised to take a rest, he refused to desert the Medical officer and his great bravery and exemplary devotion to duty materially assisted the Medical Officer to maintain a steady evacuation of heavy casualties through a critical period. This N.C.O. has done consistently good work for many months and very often under trying and dangerous circumstances.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 219 Date: |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Date of death |