HARRIS, William Herbert

HARRIS, William Herbert

Full Name: William Herbert

HARRIS

Date of Birth: 09

1896

Place of birth: Waterloo

Australia

Occupation: Farmer

Address: Waterloo WA

Next of Kin: Father-Thomas W Harris

Next of Kin Address: Waterloo WA

Religion: Roman Catholic

Service Number: 4182

Rank: Trooper

Unit/Division: 2nd Light Horse Regiment

Enlistment Date: 1917-07-03

Enlistment Location: Bunbury

WA

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Embarkation Date: 1917-11-09

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Disembarkation Date: 1917-12-10

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Returned: Yes

Discharge Date: 1919-07-23

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03/07/1917- Completed Application for Enlistment & Preliminary Medical Examination Bunbury
02/08/1917-To D3 Depot Blackboy Hill Camp WA as Private
20/08/1917-To Australian Light Horse Depot Squadron as Trooper
01/09/1917-Admitted No. 8 Aust General Hospital Fremantle from Details Camp
22/09/1917- Discharged from Hospital to Details Camp
26/10/1917-Rejoined Depot Squadron Blackboy Hill ex Hospital
8/11/1917-Transferred 14th Reinforcements Camel Corps
09/11/1917- Embarked Fremantle WA aboard “Commonwealth” bound for Egypt
10/12/1917- Disembarked Suez Egypt
11/12/1917-to Aust Base Depot Company Abbassia Egypt
25/02/1918-To 4th Anzac Battalion 1st Camel Brigade Egypt
10/03/1918-To 16th Details Camp Rafa Egypt
20/03/1918-To Port Said Rest Camp
4/04/1918-Rejoined Camp Rafa
17/06/1918- To 5th Brigade Details
29/06/1918-To Isolation Camp Moascar Egypt
27/07/1918-Transferred 2nd Light Horse Regiment in the Field Egypt
24/10/1918-Admitted 31st general hospital Abbassia Egypt ( Malaria )
1/11/1918-Transferred Convalescent Depot Boulac Egypt
16/11/1918-Rejoined 2nd Light Horse Regiment in the Field Egypt ex Hospital
13/01/1919-Admitted 78th General Hospital Alexandria Egypt ( Malaria )
12/02/1919-Rejoined 2nd Light Horse Regiment in the Field ex Hospital
13/03/1919-Embarked Kantara Egypt for Australia per “Ulimaroa”
26/04/1919-Disembarked Fremantle WA
23/07/1919-Discharged from Service ( Medically Unfit ).

 

SERVICE MEDALS AWARDED

British War Medal No. 21016

Victory Medal No. 19990.