Service number 41213 Royal Australian Airforce
After discharge, Lionel returned to the family farm at Nar Nar Goon. After Lionel married Valerie they lived at Geelong and later settled in Maryborough Victoria.
They had at least two children, Alfred Lionel and Ronald Albert.
Lionel died on 16 June 1994 and is buried at the Maryborough Cemetery Victoria.
| Name | HARRIS Lionel |
| Service Number | 41213 Royal Australian Airforce |
| Rank | Leading Aircraftman |
| Unit | 1 Embarkation Depot |
| Conflict | Second World War 1939-1945 |
| Date of enlistment |
13 June 1941 at Melbourne Victoria |
| Locality on Enlistment | Nyah West Victoria |
| Served | Australia |
| Date of discharge | 22 January 1944 |
| Medals awarded | TBC |
| Born | 31 March 1920 at Beaconsfield Victoria |
| Parents | Alfred Ernest Harris and Euphemia Hart.
(In Lionel’s war service records his parents are recorded as “foster”.) |
| Married | Valerie Mary Atkins on the 16 March 1946 at the Office of Statist Queen Street Melbourne Victoria |
| Occupation | Cook/ chef/ Millhand/ Butcher |