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HARDING, Cyril Hope
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2304 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 July 1915, Geelong, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | Australian Motor Transport Company |
| Born: | Portarlington, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Bellarine, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Memorials: | Drysdale Bellarine Methodist Church Honor Roll |
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World War 1 Service
| 12 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 2304, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Geelong, Vic. | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Involvement Driver, 2304, 2nd Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked Driver, 2304, 2nd Field Company Engineers, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 23 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 2304, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Battle for Pozières | |
| 18 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 2304, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Mouquet Farm, GSW to left hand (deemed self inflicted (due to carelessness) at FGCM held 11 September 1916). Evacuated to England. Returned to France January 1918. | |
| 13 Jan 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 37th Infantry Battalion, France | |
| 28 Mar 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2304, 37th Infantry Battalion, Dernancourt/Ancre | |
| 8 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2304, 37th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens | |
| 31 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2304, 37th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", SW to thigh sustained near Clery, France. | |
| 10 Sep 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Field Company Engineers, France | |
| 8 Dec 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 2nd Field Company Engineers, France | |
| 9 Jan 1919: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, Australian Motor Transport Company, England | |
| 22 Mar 1921: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 2304, Australian Motor Transport Company, RTA 19 April 1920 and discharged as medically unfit (no details). |
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