HARDING, Edward Osbourne
| Service Number: | 3121 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Peckham, Kent, England, January 1880 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Wharf labourer |
| Died: | Cooks Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 8 July 1932, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 2-119. 22. |
| Memorials: | Newcastle Wharf Labourers Union Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 29 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3121, 1st Pioneer Battalion | |
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| 17 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 3121, 1st Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 3121, 1st Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
| 30 Aug 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3121, 1st Pioneer Battalion, 2MD medically unfit |
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From Gary Mitchell
Served in The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
88 years ago today, on the Sunday afternoon of the 10th July 1932 (4 funerals on this day), Private Edward Osbourne Harding, 1st Australian Pioneer Battalion, wharf labourer from Newcastle, New South Wales and 49 Bruce Street, Cooks Hill, N.S.W., father of three, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 53. ANGLICAN 2-119. 22.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136576637- funeral notice states service.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article165928163- funeral notice states service.
Born at Peckham, Kent, England about 1880 to Walter and Clara Harding nee Herbert of 5 Champion Park, Sydenham, London, England; husband of Agnes Harding nee Browning (married 1919, Newcastle, N.S.W., died 1940, also sleeping here - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article167530731), Edward enlisted May 1916 at Newcastle, N.S.W., and returned home August 1918, reason unclear.
Edward’s name has been inscribed on the Newcastle Wharf Labourers' Union Roll of Honor (photo, unveiled date unknown).
A member of the Bogey Hole Amateur Swimming Club (caretaker) - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136591396
There is no headstone at Mr Harding’s gravesite to tell us that he served with the 1st A.I.F., now long forgotten, so August 2018 I placed a cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite, taken a photo of the grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=8799#grave-photo-1
An application for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque, curbing and marble chip submitted September 2019, still waiting for a decision.
Lest We Forget.
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