William HARDING

HARDING, William

Service Number: 3140
Enlisted: 6 August 1915, Enlisted in Adelaide
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 27th Infantry Battalion
Born: Adelaide, South Australia, 16 October 1883
Home Town: Wallaroo, Copper Coast, South Australia
Schooling: Adelaid Public School, South Australia
Occupation: Trucker
Died: Died of wounds, France, 26 December 1917, aged 34 years
Cemetery: Pont d'Achelles Military Cemetery, France
Plot 1, Row G, Grave 14 Headstone inscription reads: Greater love hath no man than this, Pont-D'Achelles Military Cemetery, Nieppe, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Broken Hill War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

6 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3140, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted in Adelaide
12 Jan 1916: Involvement Private, 3140, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
12 Jan 1916: Embarked Private, 3140, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Adelaide
5 Nov 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3140, 27th Infantry Battalion
25 Dec 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3140, 27th Infantry Battalion, 2nd occasion.Shell wounds to the face and nose

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William Harding and Hannah (nee Rees) Harding; husband of Mary Anne Harding(later known as Mary Anne Devine) of Ireland Street, Wallaroo and father of Robert Alexander Harding and Lorna Jessie Rose Harding

Brother of Lille-Faith Harding, Lydia May Harding.Elizabeth Harding, Thomas Harding, Pearl Blance Harding, Frank George Harding and Olive Harding.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal