GEORGE+L.+HARRISON

Harrison, George Leon, Private, 3373, 11th Battalion, Australian Infantry Born Tideswell, Derbyshire Killed in action 25th July 1916 aged 26 Son of Leon and Elizabeth Harrison, of Primrose Cottage, Tideswell, Derbyshire, England. Commemorated on the Villers Bretonneux Memorial

George Harrison enlisted on the 24th July 1915 at Bunbury in Western Australia. He was employed as a lumper, and had previously served for three years with the 6th Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment. He stated his next of kin as his father, Leon Harrison, of Gordon Road, Tideswell, Derbyshire. Five feet eight inches tall, he weighed 155 pounds, had a dark complexion, hazel eyes and dark hair, and belonged to the Church of England. He had a birthmark above his navel.

1911 Census A baker Son of Leon, a grocer and provision dealer, and Elizabeth Harrison, of Primrose Cottage, Gordon Road, Tideswell, Derbyshire


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