Service Details
- Branch of Service
- Army
- Conflict
- World War I (1914-1918)
- Date of Enlistment
- 21/01/1916
- Date of Discharge
- 02/10/1919
- Place of Enlistment
- Casula NSW
Personal Details
- Gender
- Male
- Date of Birth
- 27/01/1884
- Place of Birth
- Ginninderra ACT
- Address (at enlistment)
- Ashfield NSW (previously 'Deasland', Ginninderra ACT)
- School(s) Attended
- Ginninderra School
- Occupation
- Grazier
- Next of Kin
- Millicent Harcourt (mother), Ashfield NSW
Unit and Rank Details
- Service Number
- 18469
- Final Rank
- Gunner
- Final Unit
- 7 Field Artillery Brigade AIF
Commemoration
Queanbeyan RSL Wall of Remembrance, Crawford St, Queanbeyan NSW
Roll of Honour 1914-19 in Queanbeyan Masonic Centre, Crawford St, Queanbeyan NSW
Notes
George Harcourt was born in Ginninderra on 27 January 1884 and left the district in 1913 after the family home 'Deasland', at Ginninderra, was acquired by the Commonwealth (though they had sold the property in 1911). He enlisted on 21 January 1916 and arrived in France at the end of 1916, serving as a Gunner with the 25th Battery, 7th Field Artillery Brigade. He returned to Australia in 1919 and was discharged in October. Harcourt also served in World War 2. He died near Tamworth on 8 June 1970. Harcourt Hill in Gungahlin is named after the family.
Description - height 5 feet 8 inches, weight 145 pounds, chest 33½ -37 inches, fair complexion, blue eyes, brown hair, Church of England.
Sources
Queanbeyan Age - 10 January 1911, 24 June 1913, 17 September 1918
Lyall Gillespie, 'Ginninderra - Forerunner to Canberra', 1992
Canberra Historical Journal (Sept. 1983), photograph of students at Ginninderra School, 1895
NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)