Myer Harris

Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, 12 Squadron
Service number 953174
Died 11 June 1943
Buried Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany
Age 22

Headstone Inscription
‘TREASURED MEMORIES OF A DEAR SON AND BROTHER. GOD REST HIS DEAR SOUL’

Myer was the son of Samuel and Rose née Lipman of Leeds, Yorkshire.

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Resources

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Myer’s training and final operation Download

Gallery

  • Hyman Harris 1881
  • 1911 Census Hyman Harris
  • Hyman Harris Naturalisation 1886
  • Betsy Lipman departure to South Africa
  • Rose Harris in South Africa
  • Rose Harris in South Africa
  • Rose Harris
  • Rose and Sam Harris in Melbourne
  • Rose and Sam Harris
  • Sam Harris
  • Rose Harris, Grandpa Lipman, Polly, Grandma Lipman and Solly
  • Myer’s birth certificate
  • Isadore, Myer and Solly in Melbourne
  • Isadore, Myer and Solly
  • Myer with his parents and grandparents
  • Grandma Lipman, Auntie Dora, Solly, Isadore and Myer at Amos Street, Melbourne
  • Solly, Myer and Isadore
  • The boys with their mother Rosie
  • Myer with his parents and grandparents
  • The family on board the Largs Bay ship prior to the Harris family’s travel to England.
  • Issy, Myer and Solly on the Largs Bay ship
  • Samuel Harris departure to Australia in 1914
  • Solly, Myer and Issy at Trafalgar Square
  • Myer
  • Passenger list for the Largs Bay
  • Central High School Leeds Cricket Team. Myer back row on left
  • City of Leeds School Football Team. Myer back row second on right
  • Myer’s Barmitzvah 1934
  • Myer with his mother Rosie
  • Aviation Radio School Jacksonville March 1942
  • Reverse of Radio School photo
  • Myer requested permission to wear the Australia badge on his RAF uniform
  • Myer in centre of photo at a Pensacola dance