WW2_Casualties

World War 11 Casualties

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Harris Alan McGuire

Lieutenant, TX110. A.I.F. Sigs. H.Q.5 First Aust. Army. Australian Corps of Signals. Son of Allan Stevens Harris and Agnes May Harris, of Ulverstone, Tasmania. enlisted Brighton Tas.

On 8 May 1943, a bus carrying Australian Army personnel from Bonegilla to Albury including Lt Harris for a Saturday night recreation leave was hit by Steam locomotive A2 863 at the level crossing on the Tallangatta Road to Wodonga. The driver, twenty-three servicemen and a member of the Australian Army Medical Womens Service (AAMWS) were killed. Nine other service people were injured.

Died from injuries received.

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