Archibald HARDEN

HARDEN, Archibald

Service Numbers: 6342, 6343
Enlisted: 12 October 1916, 4 years citizens forces
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 35th Infantry Battalion
Born: West Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia, December 1895
Home Town: Cessnock, Cessnock, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Butcher
Died: Fall from balcony, Adamstown, New South Wales, Australia, 18 November 1929
Cemetery: Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW
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World War 1 Service

12 Oct 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6342, 20th Infantry Battalion, 4 years citizens forces
11 Nov 1916: Involvement Private, 6342, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
11 Nov 1916: Embarked Private, 6342, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
4 Jun 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 35th Infantry Battalion
8 Aug 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6342, 35th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens, GSW left thigh/buttock (Blighty)
9 Jun 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6343, 35th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From ‎Gary Mitchell‎ to Australia and New Zealand in WWI

A Forgotten Digger of The Great War and Sandgate Cemetery.
Private Archibald Gracie Harden, 35th Battalion, butcher from Walker Street, North Sydney, New South Wales and the Royal Standard Hotel, Adamstown, N.S.W., father of three, was laid to rest on the Monday afternoon of the 19th November 1928 at Sandgate Cemetery, age 29. PRESBYTERIAN-10NW. 17.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article135392512

Born at West Wallsend, New South Wales 1899 to Robert and Christina Harden of Maitland Road, South Cessnock, N.S.W; husband of Lillian Gertrude Harden nee Short (married 1921, died 1974), Arch enlisted October 1916 with the 20th Battalion at the Show Ground Camp, Sydney, N.S.W.

Wounded accidentally in France, 18.5.1917 (bayonet wound right shoulder), 8.8.1918 (GSW left buttock, right thigh), Mr Harden returned home May 1919.

His name has been inscribed on the Cessnock War Memorial, Bellbird Honour Roll (photo) and the Aberdare Memorial Gates.

Arch was the licensee of the Royal Standard Hotel, Adamstown, N.S.W., and died tragically on the 18th November 1928 when he fell from the balcony onto the pavement below.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/135384744

For 87 years Mr Harden had been resting in an unmarked grave, forgotten, so I have placed a cross 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=420690#2

Older brother William John Harden M.M. (Reg No-1142) also served 1st A.I.F.

Many thanks to David Harrower for the notification.
Photo of the Bellbird Honour Roll courtesy of Susan Simmonds.

Lest We Forget.

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