HARRIS, George Albert
(Service number 78242)
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Birth
| Date | 10 July 1891 | Place of Birth | Invercargill |
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Enlistment Information
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| Address at Enlistment | Holme Station, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Mechanic | ||
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| Marital Status | Married. One child | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs G. A. HARRIS (wife), C/o A. Reid, Pages Road, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Death
| Date | 8 October 1952 | Age | 61 years |
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| Place of Death | Waimate | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Waimate Lawn Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
George Albert Harris was the son of Richard and Sarah (née Hughes) Harris, the eleventh child in a family of seventeen. Richard and Sarah are buried at Timaru. George married Jane Elizabeth Emery on 8 November 1915 at Timaru. Their son, George Francis Harris, was born on 12 January 1917 at Timaru. Late in 1917 he was selected by lot from the First Division and called up. His brother David Gordon Harris was called up also and saw service at the Front.
Sources
Timaru Herald, 4 December 1917 (Papers Past) [08 August 2015]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [21 December 2019]; Waimate Lawn Cemetery headstone transcription [22 December 2019]; School Admission record [28 December 2019]
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