Soldier profiles
Name : HARRISON, RUSSELL WILLIAM
Service Number : NX78958
Date of Birth : 15/01/1922
Place of Birth : GOULBURN, NSW
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 16/12/1941
Locality on Enlistment : NEWTOWN, NSW
Place of Enlistment : NSW
Next of Kin : HARRISON, GLADYS
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : 17 PLATOON D COMPANY (DAEO, MOROTAI)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : BORNEO
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 20/05/1946
Date Died : 06/05/2011
Age at Death : 89
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 4632056 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, AWM_090602.jpg
Background : Of Stirling, South Australia, formerly of Goulburn and Epping. Passed away at O.V.R.C. Woodside, South Australia. Husband of Rona for 62 years. Father and father-in-law of Michael and Roslyn; and Catherine. Brother of Keith and Bruce. Cremated 11/05/2011.
