BORN HULL 1896. ELDEST SON OF EDWARD HARRISON & CLARINDA HARRIET JEFFREY (1866-1937), OF 9 LOWTHER STREET, ALBERT AVENUE, HULL (1911 CENSUS) & LATER, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA. HE WORKED AS AN ACCOUNTANT’S OFFICE BOY. HIS FAMILY EMIGRATED TO ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA, ON 09/07/1913. JAMES WORKED AS A GROCER. HE ENLISTED AT MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, ON 23/01/1915, AGED 19. HIS MOTHER, CLARINDA, GAVE WRITTEN PERMISSION FOR HIM TO JOIN. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 7 INCHES TALL, 10 STONE, 4 LBS WEIGHT, 34.5 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, DARK BROWN HAIR, “FRESH” COMPLEXION, SCAR ON LEFT FOREARM, AND CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION. . SERVED AS A BATMAN, WITH THE 21ST AUSTRALIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, AT GALLIPOLI. AT ALEXANDRIA HOSPITAL WITH INFLUENZA ON 15/11/1915. REJOINED UNIT ON 08/03/1916. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 26/03/1916. KILLED AT BULLECOURT, ON 03/05/1917, AGED 21. BURIED AT VILLERS BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY.
HIS WAR MEDALS WERE SENT TO HIS FATHER. HIS MOTHER, CLARINDA RECEIVED HIS WAR PENSION. HIS PARENTS FREQUENTLY MOVED AND LIVED AT MANY ADDRESSES IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA AND NEW SOUTH WALES. HE ALSO LEFT SISTERS, NELLIE, CLARINDA ANN, AND MAUD, AND BROTHER, ROBERT JEFFREY HARRISON.
Harrison, James Edward
First name:
JAMES EDWARD
Military Number:
31
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
03/05/1917
Place died:
Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Somme, France
Age:
21
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