Frederick Charles HARRIS

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HARRIS, Frederick Charles

Service Numbers:	3237, 3237B
Enlisted:	11 May 1916
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	53rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	London, England, 1 November 1894
Home Town:	Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Packer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 1 September 1918, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension Plot III, Row K, Grave 40), Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, Peronne, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

11 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3237, 53rd Infantry Battalion
11 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 3237, 53rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
11 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 3237, 53rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
1 Sep 1918:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 3237B, 53rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3237B awm_unit: 53rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-09-01

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery

103 years ago today, on the 1st September 1918, the battles of Mont St Quentin and Peronne took place during The Great War, regarded as among the finest Australian feats on the Western Front and the intensity of the action is evident from the fact that eight Victoria Crosses were awarded to Australians between 31 August and 2 September 1918.

I have located 7 soldiers of the 1st A.I.F. who fell on this day who are memorialised, or awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery.

Lance Corporal Frederick Charles Harris, 53rd Battalion, dispatch clerk & packer, from William Street, Hamilton, New South Wales. Memorialised at his parent’s gravesite. ANGLICAN 1-05. 117.

Also memorialised at the same grave site, Frederick's brother, Private William George Harris 90817, 17th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (B.E.F.) KIA July 1917. The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 56), Belgium.
Comemorative Roll:
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1431492

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