Branch of Service

Army

Conflict

World War I (1914-1918)

Date of Enlistment

07/09/1916

Date of Discharge

08/03/1919

Place of Enlistment

Goulburn NSW

Gender

Male

Other Name(s)

Also known as 'Alfred'

Place of Birth

Majura ACT

Address (at enlistment)

Majura ACT

Occupation

Labourer

Next of Kin

John Harman (father), Majura ACT

Service Number

2902

Final Rank

Private

Final Unit

60 Battalion AIF

Queanbeyan RSL Wall of Remembrance, Crawford St, Queanbeyan NSW
Queanbeyan Methodist Church Roll of Honour
Majura Honour Roll (refer Queanbeyan Age 21 May 1918)

Albert Harman was the brother of James and Thomas Harman and arrived in France as a Private with the 60th Battalion in April 1917. He served at Bullecourt (in May 1917) and Polygon Wood (in September 1917) before being wounded in the left arm and left thigh near Villers-Bretonneux on 27 April 1918. However, his arm failed to heal and was amputated. He returned to Australia in July 1918 and was discharged in March 1919. After the war he secured a soldier settlers block near the airport and 'Malcolmvale'. Harman died at the Sir Leslie Morshead War Veterans' Home in Lyneham on 8 September 1967 and is buried at the Tharwa Road Cemetery, Queanbeyan.

The ACT Heritage Library photograph appeared in The Canberra Times on 14 December 1965 at the Sir Leslie Morshead War Veterans Home in Lyneham. Some sources, including his service file, refer to him as 'Alfred' Harman, however his name at birth and at death are both recorded as 'Albert'.

Description - height 5 feet 10¾ inches, weight 168 pounds, chest 34-37 inches, dark complexion, dark brown eyes, dark brown hair, Methodist.

National Library of Australia : Country Women's Association of NSW (Canberra Branch) History, 1959 (manuscript call no. NLA MS 734)
'Soldier Settlement Subdivisions in the FCT after World War 1', Canberra Historical Journal, Canberra and District Historical Society, March 1996
NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)
Queanbeyan Age - 3 November 1916, 21 May 1918, 13 September 1918, 27 September 1918
The Canberra Times - 14 December 1965, 9 September 1967
ACT Heritage Library image: 008175