Vernald Percie (Verne) HARDIE

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Service Number:	2427
Enlisted:	16 May 1916, Enlisted at Bathurst
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	54th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia, 14 July 1893
Home Town:	Lithgow, Lithgow, New South Wales
Schooling:	Home schooled
Occupation:	Coal Miner
Died:	Died of wounds, 29th Casualty Clearing Station, France, 15 May 1917, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Grevillers British Cemetery Grave Reference III A 3,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Portland District War Memorial

16 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Enlisted at Bathurst
30 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 2427, 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
30 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 2427, 54th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
16 Dec 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, 14th Australian Infantry Training Battalion, Proceeded from Folkestone, England to Etaples, France via troopship 'Princess Victoria'
16 Feb 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, 54th Infantry Battalion, Joined Battalion in France
15 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, 54th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), Wounded in action by Artillery shell

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Vernald Percie HARDIE was born in 1893 in Katoomba, NSW

His parents were Thomas Loughlin HARDIE and Emma Jane KINSMAN

He enlisted on 16th May, 1916 as a Private with the 54th Battalion, 5th Reinforcements (Army)

Vernald was wounded on 15/5/1917 and died soon after at the 29th Casualty Clearing Station, France

He was awarded the British War Medal & the Victory Medal