Jack HARDISTY

HARDISTY, Jack

    Service Number: 4442
    Enlisted: 23 November 1915, Lismore, New South Wales
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 17th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, 3 November 1898
    Home Town: Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales
    Schooling: Five Dock Public School, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Blacksmith's striker
    Died: Hit by shrapnel in head, Belgium, 9 October 1917, aged 18 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 17), Belgium,
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Leichhardt War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)
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    World War 1 Service

    23 Nov 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4442, Lismore, New South Wales
    9 Apr 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4442, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
    9 Apr 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4442, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Sydney
    9 Oct 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4442, 17th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Poelcapelle

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    Biography contributed by John Edwards

    "...4442 Private Jack Hardisty, 17th Battalion, of Leichhardt, NSW. A blacksmith's striker prior to enlisting in January 1916, Pte Hardisty embarked from Sydney with the 11th Reinforcements on board HMAT Nestor (A71) on 9 April 1916. He was killed in action at Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium, on 9 October 1917. Pte Hardisty was 19 years of age." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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