HARDING, William John
| Service Number: | Q148674 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 26 January 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Lae Prisoner of War Garrison Company |
| Born: | Silkstone, Queensland, Australia, 13 November 1913 |
| Home Town: | Ipswich, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bread Carter |
| Died: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 28 January 1950, aged 36 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 26 Jan 1942: | Involvement Private, Q148674 | |
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| 26 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q148674 | |
| 26 Jan 1942: | Enlisted | |
| 11 Sep 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q148674, Lae Prisoner of War Garrison Company, ex Cairns to Port Moresby | |
| 22 Mar 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q148674, ex Lae to Brisbane per Sea Flasher | |
| 18 Aug 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q148674, ex Brisbane to Lae per Ormiston | |
| 6 Mar 1946: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q148674, ex Rabaul to Sydney per Ormiston | |
| 25 Mar 1946: | Discharged | |
| 25 Mar 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q148674 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
William John Harding was the fourth of five children of William Harding and Emma Wilson of Silkstone in Ipswich, QLD.
William was a Carter like his father prior to Enlsting on 26 January 1942 with the Army Citizen Military Forces, where he served as a Private (Service No: Q148674) with LAC PW Camp (AACC) until his Discharge on 25 March 1946.
William's younger brother James was Killed in Action at Tarakan in Borneo in 1945.
In 1942, William married Lois Claydon Karl in Ipswich, QLD. After his Discharge, William and his family moved to Toowoomba, QLD where he worked as a Moulder's Labourer until his death in 1950
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