John Louis HARRISON MID

HARRISON, John Louis

Service Number: 654
Enlisted: 26 October 1914
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 4th Divisional Signal Company
Born: North Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town: Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Schooling: State School, Newtown, Geelong, and Hawthorn, Melbourne, Victoria and Gordon Technical College, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Turner and fitter
Died: Killed In Action, France, 5 April 1918, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: Frechencourt Communal Cemetery
Row A, Grave 1 Headstone Inscription - "OUR LOVED ONLY SON LOUIS SOMETIME WE'LL UNDERSTAND"
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World War 1 Service

26 Oct 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 654, 2nd Divisional Signal Company
22 Dec 1914: Involvement Sapper, 654, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914: Embarked Sapper, 654, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Borda, Melbourne
9 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 4th Divisional Signal Company
6 May 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 4th Divisional Signal Company
1 Sep 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4th Divisional Signal Company
25 Aug 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 4th Divisional Signal Company
25 Nov 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 4th Divisional Signal Company
7 Apr 1918: Honoured Mention in Dispatches, "For conspicuous good work and devotion to duty at Zonnebeke & Hollebeke while in command of 10th A.F.A. Signal Subsection during various periods in the line between 10th Sept 1917 & 25th Feby 1918"

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of James and Louisa HARRISON, of Herne Hill, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.