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Alfred
Harris 1881-1917
Alfred
William Harris husband of Adelaide Harris (Musgrove)
father of Herbert and Ruby Harris. When he was killed Herbert was 2 Ruby
was 1. He is buried in the Beersheeba War Cemetery Israel. It is 43 Kilometres
south-east of Gaza. Bottom left the plaque issued to all soldiers who
died in the Great War with the accompanying letter from King George the
Fifth.
Home George's
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October 1917, General Allenby's force had been entrenched in
front of a strong Turkish position along the Gaza-Beersheba road
for some months, but they were now ready to launch an attack
with Beersheba as its first objective. On 31 October, the attack
was carried out by the XXth Corps (10th, 53rd, 60th and 74th
Divisions) on the west, and the Desert Mounted Corps on the east.
That evening the 4th Australian Light Horse Brigade charged over
the Turkish trenches into the town. The cemetery was made immediately
on the fall of the town, remaining in use until July 1918, by
which time 139 burials had been made It was greatly increased
after the Armistice when burials were brought in from a number
of scattered sites and small burial grounds. The cemetery now
contains 1,241 Commonwealth burials
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In
Memory of
Alfred William Harris
683673, 2nd/22nd Bn., London Regement
who died age 36
on 7th November 1917
Alfred HARRIS, Son of Lambert Harris, of London:
husband of
A. M. Harris, of 112, Highbury Park, London.
Remembered with honour
BEERSHEBA WAR CEMETERY
Commemorated
in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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