WARD, Harold John
| Service Number: | 174 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, An original of A Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 3 April 1893 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tailor |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 11 August 1915, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Panel 35, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 174, 12th Infantry Battalion, An original of A Company | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 174, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 174, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Hobart | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 174, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 11 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 174, 12th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Killed in action | |
| 28 Jan 1916: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', Supplement, No. 29455 (28 January 1916); |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Ward was recommended for the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his courage at Lone Pine on the 8 August 1915. His name and J.T. McKendrick of the 12th Battalion were put forward by the Adjutant of the 7th Battalion, "for excellent work in a captured trench when the garrison (7th Battalion) were nearly bombed out by the attacking Turks 9th August. By their energy and accurate bomb throwing they succeeded in completely preventing enemy from taking control of fire away from garrison. (one being reported as killed)"
Ward was awarded a Mention in Despatches and in fact both men were killed in action, officially on the 11 August 1915.
Biography contributed by Robert Wight
Tasmanian Mentioned in Despatches.
"Mr. J. H. Ward of 34 Kelly Street, Battery Point, has received from the Base Records Office the following extract from the "London Gazette" of January 28, 1916, relating to the conspicuous services rendered by his son, the late Private H. J. Ward, 12th Battalion, who was killed at Gallipoli on August 11, after four months fighting:- "I have the honour to submit herewith the name of No. 174, Private H. J. Ward, 12th Battalion, whose services I wish to bring to your Lordship's notice in connection with the operations described in my despatch of December 11, 1915. The late Private Ward left Hobart with the first Tasmanian contingent. He took part in the historic landing on April 25, and was mortally wounded four months subsequently. Deceased was a well-known player with the North Hobart Football Club."
The Examiner Lauceston 8th May 1916
Source: tasmanianwarcasualties.com
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