Lance Corporal John Auguste Emile Harris

Service number 2251
Ranks Held Lance Corporal, Private
Birth Place Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Death Date 1915-08-08
Death Place Ottoman Empire
Final Rank Lance Corporal
Service Australian Imperial Force
Unit 2nd Australian Infantry Battalion
Places
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918
Description

Lance Corporal John Auguste Emile Harris (2251, 2nd Battalion) from Waverley, Sydney, was a clerk before the war. He claimed to be 18 years old when he enlisted in June 1915. He was killed in action at Lone Pine, Gallipoli, on 8 August 1915, and is buried in Lone Pine Cemetery. In the two months of his service he had been promoted to Lance Corporal. After the war his father wrote that John was 15 years 10 months old at the time of his death.

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Date of enlistment 02 June 1915
Date of embarkation 16 June 1915
Date of death 08 August 1915
Date of death 08 August 1915
Date of fate 08 August 1915