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William HARDIE

Regimental number731
Place of birthDundee, Scotland
SchoolPublic School
Age on arrival in Australia29
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationStonemason
Address32 Mimosa Street, Bankstown, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation37
Next of kinMrs Jane Hardie, 32 Mimosa Street, Bankstown, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in South African Mounted Police
Enlistment date22 August 1914
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 19 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular'Served during the Boer War for three years and two years after peace was declared.' (details from wife)
FateKilled in Action 5 June 1916
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Date of death8 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialLone Pine Cemetery (Row N, Grave No. 20), Gallipoli
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
36
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Sarah HARDIE; husband of Jane HARDIE, "Pines", Victoria Road, Punchbowl, New South Wales. Native of Dundee, Scotland
Family/military connectionsAll relations served in Scottish Regiments.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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