Declared age on enlistment: 29 years.
Height: 5'6½" Weight: 143lbs.
Chest: 34½" - 36½" Complexion: Fair
Eyes: Brown. Hair: Dark.
Last Employer: Gibbs, Foxton, Manawatu.
NOK: Mrs C Lind (mother), 9 Campbell St, Palmerston North.
Any use of this item must be accompanied by the credit “Adopt an Anzac Project”
| Date of birth: | 11 May 1884 |
| Date of death: | 15 September 1915 |
| Place of birth: | Foxton, New Zealand |
| Awards: | 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
| Occupation: | Bootmaker |
| Last known residence: | Cook St, Foxton |
| Cause of death: | Died of wounds, Sunstroke & heart failure |
| Place of death: | Base Camp Zeitoun, Cairo |
| Buried where: | Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, D.102 |
| Spouses name: | Unmarried |
| Fathers name: | John Harris |
| Fathers occupation: | Bootmaker 1893 Electoral Roll |
| Mothers name: | Constance |
| Theatres of war: | Egyptian 1915, Balkan 1915 |
| Place of embarkation: | on 'Australind' |
| Surname: | HARRIS |
| War memorial: | Foxton, Foxton School |
| Place enlisted: | Trentham |
| Christian names: | John Henry |
| Place of arrival overseas: | Alexandria for Dardanelles |
| School: | Foxton Primary; ?Wanganui Collegiate |
| Wars: | WW1 |
| Service number: | 10/1515 |
| Religion: | C of E |
| Date enlisted: | 19 December 1914 |
| Final rank: | Private |
| Regiment or service: | Wellington Infantry Battn 17th Ruahine |
| Embarkation date: | 16 June 1915 |
| User reference: | 1.157 |
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