Benjamin Connel Harris

Can't establish direct connection to Cessnock.

Date of Birth: ca. Feb 1897

Date of Enlistment: 19 Aug 1916 at Wallsend

Trade or Calling: Baker

Born in or near what Town: Chinaman Flat Wallsend

School: Wallsend Public

Address prior to Enlistment: Wallsend

Rank, Number, Battalion, Distinctions: Lance Corporal 2585 D Coy No. 1 Lewis Gun Section 34th Battalion AIF

Casualties and where: Died of gas poisoning at Villers Bretonneux 16 June 1918 aged 21 years and 5 months

Memorial Panel: 124

Cemetery or Memorial Details: France 303 Longueau British Cemetery

Name & Address of Next of Kin: Ellen Jane Harris, of Risca, Whitton St., Wallsend, Newcastle (Mother); [Pte 2782 Will Connel Harris (Brother ?)]

Name and last address of Father: William Harris, of Risca, Whitton St., Wallsend, Newcastle

Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army