Harris’s death was not reported in the Evelyn Observer – perhaps understandably family grief played a part as his father, Robert senior was the proprietor of the newspaper!
Harris was one the hundreds posted Missing following the offensive around Fromelles on the night of July 19, 1916 and declared Killed In Action as at that date on 29 August, 1917. There are no surviving eyewitness reports and like many of the 1,218 Australians listed as killed on 19 July, his remains were never found.
Link to the history of Robert Jubilee Harris
Link to ozsportshistory.com downloads for WW1
