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Corporal Norman Elton Harris

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Corporal Norman Elton Harris

Birth
Bathurst Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia
Death
19 May 1915 (aged 27)
Gelibolu, Çanakkale, Türkiye
Burial
Gelibolu, Çanakkale, Türkiye Add to Map
Plot
Row D. Grave 25.
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Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916:
HARRIS, NORMAN ELTON, Corporal, No. 603, 4th Battalion Australian Imperial Force, only son of George Copley Harris, of Wallandra, Parkes, N.S.W., Landowner [4th son of the late William Harris, co. Limerick], by his wife, Kathleen Spring, daughter of (--) Spring-Rice; born Bathurst. N.S.W., 2 Dec. 1887; educated Sydney. After the outbreak of war enlisted in the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, 1 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 19 June, 1915; unmarried. Writing to his father, Major Storey said that he had distinguished himself twice previously and had acted with great bravery.
Contributor: A Fifer in Exile (49902043)
Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916:
HARRIS, NORMAN ELTON, Corporal, No. 603, 4th Battalion Australian Imperial Force, only son of George Copley Harris, of Wallandra, Parkes, N.S.W., Landowner [4th son of the late William Harris, co. Limerick], by his wife, Kathleen Spring, daughter of (--) Spring-Rice; born Bathurst. N.S.W., 2 Dec. 1887; educated Sydney. After the outbreak of war enlisted in the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, 1 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 19 June, 1915; unmarried. Writing to his father, Major Storey said that he had distinguished himself twice previously and had acted with great bravery.
Contributor: A Fifer in Exile (49902043)

Gravesite Details

Corporal, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Age: Unknown


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