HARDMAN, Harry
| Service Number: | 111 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1914, An original member of A Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brighton, Tasmania, Australia, 19 October 1888 |
| Home Town: | Brighton, Brighton, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 6 March 1968, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 111, 12th Infantry Battalion, An original member of A Company | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 111, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 111, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Hobart |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Harry Hardman had two brothers who lost their lives during WW1. His younger brother 1615 Private Roy Hardman 15th Battalion AIF died of wounds at sea, near Gallipoli on the 5 May 1915, aged 21. Another younger brother 634 Private Bertie Hardman 40th Battalion died of illness in France in 1918.
They were the sons of Tasman Alfred Hardman of Brighton Junction, Tasmania, their mother having passed away when they were very young, and were prominent members of the local football club. Harry was the first of the family to enlist, and served at the Anzac landing and survived the Gallipoli campaign until evacuated with dysentery. He fought through most of the campaigns on the Western Front until his second brother died. He was soon after returned to Australia on the orders of the General Officer Commanding AIF, General Birdwood, who must have become aware that he had lost two brothers.
Harry was said to have been a crack rifle shot and was given the nickname ‘Crack’.
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