HARDING, Claude
| Service Number: | 574 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1914, Footscray, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dover, Tasmania, Australia, 1 February 1893 |
| Home Town: | Longford, Northern Midlands, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter & Joiner |
| Died: | Died of wounds received at Gallipoli, At Sea aboard H.S. "Ionian", Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 26 April 1915, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Buried at Sea |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Footscray Town Hall Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Footscray, Victoria | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 574, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 574, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Private Claude Harding, who died of Wounds, was 22 years of age, and was born at Dover, Tasmania, where his relatives still reside. Mr Harding was well and favourably known throughout the district as a Methodist local preacher.
Regret was expressed at Longford when it became known that Private Claude Harding, who had enlisted in Victoria, had died of wounds received at the Dardanelles. Private Harding was well known and respected at Longford, nearly all his boyhood days having been spent with hlis aunt (Mrs. WT. Scott). He was an active member of the Methodist C.E. Society, and also took a great interest in temperance work.
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