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Claude Napier Harrison

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 307 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 307 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Claude Napier AWMM
  • Surname
    Harrison AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 2/1789 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    22 June 1889 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Maraekakaho Station, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Miss T. Harrison (sister), Ben Lomond, Maraekakaho Station, Hastings, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 13 June 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 2/1789 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
      Died of disease AWMM
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 10" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      154 lb AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Son of Major James T. and Margaret A. Harrison, of Caulfield, Victoria, Australia

      Attached to Temporary Ammunition Column, ANZAC, 13 August 1915.
      Taken on strength of 3rd Battery, Zaharich, 9 September 1915.
      Embarked, Egypt, and proceeded overseas to France, 6 April 1916.
      Admitted to No 2 NZ Field Ambulance, 10 June 1916 (scabies); rejoined unit, 19 June 1916.
      Admitted to Northumberland Casualty Clearing Station, 23 November 1916; transferred to No 2 Australian General Hospital, Wimereux, 11 December 1916 (diabetes); reported 'dangerously ill', No 2 Australian General Hospital, 14 December 1916.
      Died of diabetes, No 2 Australian General Hospital, Wimereux, 15 December 1916.

      Parents: Major James T. and Margaret A. Harrison, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia AWMM
    • Both a Death Notice and a post-war Victorian Education Department laces his parents at Upper Diamond Creek north of Melbourne, the latter specifically at the Upper Diamond Creek school. The Death Notice appeared just eight days after his demise (compared to an average of around 1-20 for most Australians killed on the Western Front, suggesting they may have received a private cable from a family member in England.

      "HARRISON.-On the 15th December, Gunner Claude Napier Harrison, dearly loved third son of Major and Mrs. Harrison, Upper Diamond Creek, aged 26" years. Public - Brian - Researcher - 30 June 2016 - The Argus (Melbourne) : http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1620376
      Victorian Education Department's Record of War Service
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Death

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  • Death
    15 December 1916 AWMM
    Age 28 AWMM
    France, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM II. B. 7. AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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