William John (Jack) HARDING

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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
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World War 2 Service

26 Jan 1942:	Involvement Private, Q148674
26 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q148674
26 Jan 1942:	Enlisted
11 Sep 1943:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q148674, Lae Prisoner of War Garrison Company, ex Cairns to Port Moresby
22 Mar 1944:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q148674, ex Lae to Brisbane per Sea Flasher
18 Aug 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q148674, ex Brisbane to Lae per Ormiston
6 Mar 1946:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q148674, ex Rabaul to Sydney per Ormiston
25 Mar 1946:	Discharged
25 Mar 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q148674

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Biography 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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