BORN HULL 29/12/1896. ELDEST SON OF JOHN HARAN (1870-1937) & CATHERINE BRENNEN (1872-1930), OF 8, AGNES TERRACE, RAYWELL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 22, BOWERS TERRACE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE BROTHER, THOMAS AND ONE SISTER, KATHLEEN. HE WORKED AS A GROCERS BOY AND OIL PRESSMAN. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 9 INCHES TALL, 37-39.5 INCH CHEST, 138 LBS WEIGHT, GOOD PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT, ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 11/12/1915. CALLED UP FOR SERVICE, ON 23/06/1916. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 12/12/1916. SERVED WITH THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. REPORTED MISSING AND KILLED ON 09/04/1917, AGED 20. BURIED AT THE SOMME, FRANCE.
COMMEMORATED ON THE ST CHARLES BORROMEO CHURCH MEMORIAL, JARRATT STREET, HULL, WITH HIS BROTHER, THOMAS PATRICK HARAN, 2/6TH NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT, KILLED IN ACTION, ON 15/04/1918, AGED 19.
