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Albert Harris

Private

35th Battalion

Medals Earned

  • British War Medal
  • Victory Medal

Tree Information

  • Species: Ulmus Sp.
  • Planted By: Miss E. Clennell
  • Plaque: 3038

Additional Info

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Biography

Born in Ballarat, Albert Victor Harris was a single 27 year old buyer at the time of his enlistment in Sydney, New South Wales on the 4th of December 1916. His unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on the 24th of January 1917. On May 24th 1918, Albert was wounded in action. He was invalided to the U.K on the 30th of May 1918 suffering from a gunshot wound to his right foot. Albert returned to Australia on the 22nd of September 1919 and was discharged as medically unfit on the 30th of October 1919.
Tree No. 3038

Location in Ballarat Avenue of Honour