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Bertie HARRIS

Regimental number4433
Place of birthBendigo, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPainter
Address47 Gourlay Street, Balaclava, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinFather, John Samuel Harris, 47 Gourlay Street, Balaclava, Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date8 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name24th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/41/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Malwa on 21 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll24th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot LXIV, Row F, Grave No. 3), Passchendaele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
101
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Elizabeth HARRIS, 47 Gourlay Street, East St. Kilda, Victoria. Native of Bendigo
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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