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Tauranga farmer Alfred John Samuel Harris was killed in action in France on 7 June 1917. Photo: Debbie McCauley.
Alfred John Samuel Harris was born in Brunnerton on 19 December 1888. His parents were Alfred George and Jane Harris (nee Pender). Alfred George worked in a Tauranga Diary Factory.
Alfred was as a farmer and a Tauranga Mounted Rifles Volunteer.
He enlisted in World War One on 8 April 1916 (Service No. 15368 - Rifleman) and served in the New Zealand Rifle Brigade.
Alfred was killed in action in France on 7 June 1917. He was aged 28.
See also:
Bay of Plenty Times (2 July 1917).
Bay of Plenty Times (11 October 1918).
Cenotaph (Auckland War Memorial Museum).
Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial.
Military personnel file (Archway - Archives New Zealand).
New Zealand War Graves Project.
Te Puke and District World War One Memorial (2013) by Christine Clement (pp. 68-70).
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