James Harrison, a retired state railway department clerk, died in a nursing home on the central coast of New South Wales state on Feb. 17, according to his grandson, Jarrod Mellowship.

James Harrison is pictured donating blood in 2018. Harrison, a prolific Australian blood donor famed for having saved the lives of more than two million babies, has died at age 88.

James Harrison, Australia's most prolific blood and plasma donor, who is credited with saving millions of babies, has passed away, the Oceanic country's Red Cross Lifeblood confirmed. He was 88.

Harrison, whose plasma contained a rare antibody, rolled up his sleeve 1,173 times from 1954 to 2018. The Australian is credited with helping 2.4 million babies and advancing scientific research.

James Harrison, an Australian railway clerk who helped save 2.4 million babies by donating the rare antibodies in his blood every two weeks for more than 60 years, died Feb. 17 at a nursing home ...

Harrison, whose plasma contained a rare antibody, rolled up his sleeve 1,173 times from 1954 to 2018. The Australian is credited with helping 2.4 million babies and advancing scientific research.

Harrison and the baby’s mother, Beth Tibbott, wanted James III to have a sibling, so Henry was born two years later. When James III was a baby, Harrison and Tibbott argued.