| Place of birth | Maryborough, Victoria |
| School | Maryborough High School, Maryborough, Victoria |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Salesman |
| Address | Park Road, Middle Park, Victoria |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 20 |
| Height | 5' 10" |
| Weight | 154 lbs |
| Next of kin | Father, Isaac Harris, Burns Street, Maryborough, Victoria |
| Previous military service | Served for one year in the Senior Cadets; served for 2 years in the 51st Infantry, Citizen Forces |
| Enlistment date | |
| Place of enlistment | Broadmeadows, Victoria |
| Rank on enlistment | 2nd Lieutenant |
| Unit name | 14th Battalion, B Company |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/31/1 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A38 Ulysses on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 14th Battalion |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Place of death or wounding | Gallipoli, Turkey |
| Date of death | |
| Age at death | 21 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 21 |
| Place of burial | No known grave |
| Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 40), Gallipoli, Turkey The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey. The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank. The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here. |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 72 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Isaac and Elizabeth HARRIS, Burns Street, Maryborough, Victoria |
| Family/military connections | Brothers: 4133 Lance Corporal Frederick Charles HARRIS MM, 22nd Bn, returned to Australia, 3 January 1919; 1554 Pte Arthur John HARRIS, 39th Bn, returned to Australia, 20 January 1919; Cousin: 1278 Corporal Mertoun Sidney MILLS, 3rd Trench Mortar Battery, killed in action, 12 June 1917. |
| Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 12 April 1915. Killed in action, Gallipoli, 8 August 1915. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
| Sources | NAA: B2455, HARRIS Harold Robert |
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