Major Geoffrey Hamlyn Harris

Service number 1012
Ranks Held Lieutenant, Major, Second Lieutenant, Trooper
Birth Date 1881-10-28
Birth Place Australia: New South Wales, Tumut
Death Date 1964
Death Place Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Manly
Final Rank Major
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment
  • 1st Australian Horse
  • 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
Places
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
Gazettes Published in London Gazette in 1920-01-12
Published in London Gazette in 1916-01-14
Published in London Gazette in 1916-01-28
Published in London Gazette in 1915-11-05
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1920-04-01
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1916-01-27
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1916-04-06
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1916-04-06

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    Probably Sydney, NSW, c. 1902. Formal studio portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Geoffrey Hamlyn Harris ...

    Portrait of Major Harris MC, Australian Light Horse Regiment.

    Outdoors portrait of Major Harris of the Anzac Mounted Division with 'Bing,' his original horse, ...

    MAJOR G.H. HARRIS, M.C. SENNOT BEY AND MAJOR A.J. MILLS. (DONATED BY COLONEL A.J. MILLS, DSO., ...

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Timeline

Date of birth 28 October 1881
Date of enlistment 27 August 1914
Date of embarkation 20 October 1914
Date of recommendation honour or award 1915
Date of recommendation honour or award 28 August 1915
Date of recommendation honour or award 22 September 1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 12 December 1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 1917
Date returned to Australia 13 March 1919
Date of death 1964

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