Regimental number | 584 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | View Street, Annandale, New South Wales |
Place of birth | Sydney |
School | Fort Street Public School, New South Wales; Annandale and Glebe Public Schools |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Salesman |
Address | Annandale, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Next of kin | Father, Joseph H Warner, 175 Trafalgar Street, Annandale, Sydney, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Sergeant |
Unit name | 34th Battalion, B Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/51/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 34th Battalion |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Messines, Belgium |
Age at death | 21 |
Place of burial | Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row C, Grave 103), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 124 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Joseph Hardman and Annie WARNER. |
Family/military connections | Cousin to Robert Stanley Taylor killed at Gallipoli and Robert Harold Taylor killed at Warneton, Belgium. |
Other details | Left school at the age of 14 1/2 years and was employed by Messrs Fairfax and Roberts, leading jewellers, in Sydney, where he made rapid progress, and, possessing marked ability in art, he became valuable as a jewellery designer. Being a keen military enthusiast, at the age of 18 he had attained his 1st lieutenancy in the Militia forces and it was just at this time that war broke out; but his parents would not consent to his enlisting, he being too young. However, the call was too strong, and at the age of 20 1/2 years, after having acted as drill instructor for three months, he resigned his commission and enlisted as a private with his men, who sailed from Australia in May 1916. They naturally admired him on this account. His good services were quickly recognised, and shortly after his arrival in England he was granted a commission. When the battalion moved across to France, he was chosen as scout officer, and did good work in this capacity, gaining the entire confidence of the men under his command by his pluck and brave deeds. he resigned his position to take part in the battle of Messines, where he was mortally wounded shortly after the hop-over on 7 June 1917, and died on the 8th. |
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