HARDWICK, Jack Wilfred
| Service Number: | SX2622 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 May 1940, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Broken Hill, New South Wales, 14 October 1919 |
| Home Town: | St Peters (SA), Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Tailem Bend and College Park Schools |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Papua New Guinea, 22 December 1942, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea B7 C 3 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Municipality of St Peters Citizens Who Have Enlisted Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 7 May 1940: | Enlisted Private, SX2622, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 7 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX2622, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion | |
| 22 Dec 1942: | Involvement Private, SX2622, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion, Buna / Gona / Sanananda "The Battle of the Beachheads" - Papua | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William John and Mabel Gertrude Hardwick of 21 Baliol Street, College Park, SA.
Husband of Doris Minnie Elizabeth Hardwick, of Pooraka, South Australia. Educated at Tailmen Bend and College Park Schools he played football and cricket and in civilian life worked at labouring in and around the Norwood District. He was with John Walton's Confectinery Factory for some time. Enlisting in May 1940, Jack left Australia for the Middle East in November 1940 and fought in desert and Jerabub in the Syrian campaign and spent 5 1/2 months in Tobruk, then transferred to Syria.
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