LEST WE FORGET
Corporal James HARRISON
Service No: 77043
Born: Brisbane QLD, 21 March 1914
Enlisted in the RAAF: 22 July 1942
Unit: No. 73 Wing Headquarters, Port Moresby PNG
Died: Ground Accident, Port Moresby, 1 February 1944, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, PNG
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Alfred Ledger Harrison and Elizabeth Annie Harrison, of Highgate Hill, Queensland
Roll of Honour: Brisbane QLD
Remembered: Panel 97, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 1 February 1944, Corporal Harrison, a General Hand, died of gunshot wounds.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/17/456