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

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