Description
Studio portrait of 892 Private (Pte) Hampton Roland Harris, 2nd Reinforcements, 11th Light Horse Regiment, of Hackney, SA. Pte Harris enlisted on 22 February 1915 and embarked from Adelaide aboard HMAT Kanowna. He was later promoted to corporal and was awarded the Military Medal on 18 October 1917 for "conspicuously good work" in action against Turkish forces at Rashid Bek in June 1917. He returned to Australia on 2 January 1919 as a sergeant.
Details
Accession Number
P03695.001
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Credit Line
Donor N E Lane
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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