C. M. HARRIS, 28 August 1915
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Charles Montagu Harris
Born:
1891
Died:
18 Elul 5675 (28 August 1915)
Basic Information
Unique reference:
HAR8778
Gender:
Male
Birth
Date of birth:
1891
Place of birth:
Australia
Death
Date of death:
18 Elul 5675 (28 August 1915)
Died in combat?:
Yes
Place of death:
Somme
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Burial place:
Abbeville Communal Cemetery
Places
Addresses
Family home:
19 Edgware Road, Enmore Sydney (1915)
Schools
Name:
Sydney Grammar School
Name:
Sydney University
Other Organisations
Name:
Sydney University Hockey Club
Significance:
Member
Name:
New South Wales Hockey Association
Significance:
Secretary
Report from Maj. Thomas Campbell on Charles' injuries which led to death
Wounded during some very heavy shelling of our billets. He went out with our colonel to get some of his stretcher-bearers under cover and had succeeded in doing this, but, seeing the colonel wounded in the road, he went out again and tried to assist him under cover. Another shell then exploded. The shell killed the colonel and wounded your nephew in the leg and arm.
Family
Parents
Father: Henry Harris (male)
Mother: Hannah Harris (female)
Military Record
Military service:
Army
Date enlisted/conscripted:
09 July 1915
Date discharged/death:
28 August 1915
Rank at discharge/death:
Lieutenant
Assignments
Regiment:
Royal Army Medical Corps attd. Royal Scots Fusiliers
Battalion/unit:
7th Battalion
Roll of Honour
Commonwealth Graves Commission
Rank:
Lieutenant
Date of Death:
28 August 1915
Age:
24 years old
Regiment / service:
Royal Army Medical Corps
Cemetery:
Abbeville Communal Cemetery, France
Grave reference:
II. C. 10.
Additional information:
Personal inscription:
MAY HIS SOUL BE BOUND UP IN THE BOND OF LIFE ETERNAL
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