Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918
VICTORIAN CYCLISTS SERVE IN HELPING TO WIN THE WAR.
KENSINGON FAMILY SETS NOBLE EXAMPLE
Left to right: Private H B Harrison, Private Harold P Harrison (killed May 12 1917), Private Joseph Harrison.
Source: Winner, 27 Jun 1917
Harrison H P Pte 1669 Harold Percy 60 Inf Bn 22 Motor builder Single Meth
Address: Kensington, Thompson St, 10
Next of Kin: Harrison, Frederick, father, 10 Thompson St, Kensington
Enlisted: 6 Mar 1916
Embarked: A17 Port Lincoln 4 May 1916
Relatives on Active Service:
Harrison-H-B-Pte-505 brother
Harrison F J W Pte 826 brother
Friend of:
Fiddes D Pte 1659 DOW
Date of Death: 12/05/1917 Private 58 Inf Bn
CWGC: "Son of Fred and Christina Harrison of 10, Thompson St., Kensington, Victoria, Australia. Born at Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia".
NOREUIL AUSTRALIAN CEMETERY
The brothers Harrison are all well known in Kensington, where they resided with their parents in Thompson street prior to enlisting. They were prominent in amateur cycling circles. Harold, the youngest, has paid the great sacrifice, and his death is deeply lamented. Joseph is now probably fighting, whilst his elder brother, Herbert, is also over yonder. Herbert is perhaps the best known of the three. He managed and trained several Victorian cycling teams on their trips to Sydney and Brisbane, where Australian champion-ships were held. Herbert Harrison made many, attempts to join the forces, but each time was turned away owing to the smallness of stature. Still undaunted, He made a valiant effort to improve his measurements by physical culture, and was eventually accepted. Just before leaving he said he "was sure he could do just as much as a great big fellow".
VICTORIAN CYCLISTS SERVE IN HELPING TO WIN THE WAR. (1917, June 27). Winner (Melbourne, Vic. : 1914 - 1917), p. 8. Retrieved September 17, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154546740
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Extracts from Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Enquiries Bureau.
1669 Private Harold Percy Harrison, 58th Battalion
K 12th May 1917 Det C/B
I was not far off Harrison when he was killed at Bullecourt. We were holding the front line trench and Harrison was asleep in a little hole in the side of the trench and a shell landed on the top and a piece hit him in the back, went almost through him and he was killed instantly. He was buried in a part of the trench a few yards form where he was killed. The spot was marked with a small cross, there was a very heavy shelling going on. He came from Footscray, a suburb of Melbourne. I had known him six months. They called him Harold. He was of medium height, thick-set, looked about 22. Inf : Pte A McDonald No 2206 No 30 General Hospital Calais, 22.10.17
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I was told about June 17 by Pte D Fiddes C Coy that H P Harrison had been killed by shell while asleep in a dugout near Bullecourt and that Fiddes was just outside and saw this happen and saw the body afterwards. Later on I heard that Fiddes was in a hospital in England, he was badly wounded at the end of October or beginning of November. Eyewitness: No Description: had been in the 60th AIF Came from Melbourne. Informant Pte J Garrett 1760, 48th Battn. The Princess Christian Mil Hospital.
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War Service Commemorated
Kensington Methodist Church*
Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour killed
In Memoriam
No notices in The Argus to 1920.
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