The Australian Boer War Memorial
Anzac Parade Canberra
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Private Joseph Harrison |
Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: Joseph Arthur Harrison
Ancestor's date of birth: 03/03/1863
Ancestor's date of death: 18/03/1900
Cause of Death: Died of Enteric (typhoid)
Service Number: 29
Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: Paddington
Unit: NSW Army Medical Corp
Rank attained in Boer War: PTE, Date Effective: On enlistment
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): Did not survive the Boer War.
Murray Page: 21, 202A, 203
Contingent: First New South Wales
Ship: SS Kent, Date of Sailing: 28/10/1899
Memorial details: Memorial Woodstock Cemetery Capetown South Africa. His remains were moved to the Garden of Rememerance Noitland in 1927 Goodwood Capetown South Africa.
Decorations: QSA with clasp Cape Colony.
Personal Characteristics: Not much is known of JA Harrison's life, except his illegitmate fatherhood of my father in 1893. My research is from Birth Deaths and Marraiges, his wedding certificate states 1897 marraige to GJ Harrison.
Reasons to go and fight: Not known
Details of service in war: From December 1899 in Cape Colony.
Service and life after the Boer War: Did not survive the Boer War.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Frederick George Harrison-Williams, Shoal Bay NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: GrandsonName of Descendant: Robert Lewis Harrison-Williams, Hurstville Grove NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: GrandsonName of Descendant: Ronald Arthur Harrison-Wiliams, Sylvania NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: GrandsonName of Descendant: Grodon Fredrick Harrison-Williams, West Hobart TAS
Relationship to Ancestor: Great GrandsonName of Descendant: Sharyn Janice Harrison-Williams, West Hobart TAS
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Grand DaughterName of Descendant: Julie Diane Love, The Channon NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Grand Daughter
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