Albert John HARDING

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HARDING, Albert John

Service Number:	846
Enlisted:	1 April 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mona Vale, New South Wales, Australia, December 1892
Home Town:	Ross, Northern Midlands, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Shepherd
Died:	Ross, Tasmania, Australia, 28 December 1925, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Ross Anglican Cemetery, Tasmania, Australia
Memorials:	Municipality of Ross Roll of Honour, Ross War Memorial

World War 1 Service

1 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 846, 40th Infantry Battalion
1 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 846, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
1 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 846, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart
10 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 846, 40th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From The Museum at The Tasmanian Wool Centre

Pte ALBERT JOHN HARDING

Albert joined the 40th Battalion in April 1916, at the age of 23. He and his father Charles were both working as shepherds on Charlton.

He arrived in France in November 1916. In May 1917, he suffered a gunshot would to the arm in fighting towards the Messine Ridge. He rejoined his unit in November. In April 1918, he was promoted to Lance Corporal. Then in fighting near Bapaume in the Somme Valley in August 1918, Albert was again wounded, receiving a bullet wound to the thigh. He was invalided to England where he saw out the war.

After the war, Albert returned to Ross and in 1920 he married Daisy Pickett from Lowes Park, Woodbury. They lived and worked on Mona Vale and had two children.

In 1925, Albert died at Mona Vale. He was accorded a full military funeral. Fellow-serviceman, Trevor Knowles, fired a volley as a last mark of respect. Albert is buried at Ross.

Albert’s story is part of our exhibition: Our Grateful Thanks and Loving Remembrance, a moving and deeply personal exhibition remembering the soldiers whose names are immortalised on the Ross War Memorial.

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