Charles Marley HARRIS

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Service Number:	1859
Enlisted:	22 September 1915
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	9th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Wallaroo South Australia, 3 March 1892
Home Town:	Williamstown, Barossa, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Grenade Accident, France, 23 September 1918, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Brie British Cemetery, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mount Crawford Roll of Honor, Williamstown Mt Crawford Honour Roll, Williamstown Uniting Church Stained Glass Windows

22 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1859, 9th Light Horse Regiment
5 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 1859, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
5 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 1859, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Afric, Melbourne
5 Nov 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 1859
Date unknown:	Involvement 1859, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column

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Eldest son of Richard HARRIS and Blanche FINLAYSON.

Brother of

Private William Alexander SN 2427 48th Infantry Battalion

and

Private Leslie Harold HARRIS SN 16228, Army Medical Corps (AIF)

Foster son of Annie and William Francis COLES.