Joseph Alexander TARDY

TARDY, Joseph Alexander

    Service Number: 1635
    Enlisted: 30 November 1914, Liverpool, New South Wales
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 1st Light Trench Mortar Battery
    Born: Newcastle, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada, 14 April 1890
    Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Ships Fireman
    Died: Killed in Action, Pozières, France, 20 July 1916, aged 26 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    30 Nov 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1635, Depot Battalion , Liverpool, New South Wales
    11 Feb 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1635, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
    11 Feb 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1635, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Sydney
    7 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1635, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Joined Unit -- T.O.S -- Gallipoli
    21 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1635, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Admitted - No.1 Australia Stationery Hospital -- Diarrhoea -- Lemnos
    25 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1635, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Discharged to Duty -- Rejoined Battalion
    6 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1635, 2nd Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli
    8 Aug 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1635, 2nd Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Wounded In Action - S.W. Head
    10 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1635, 2nd Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Admitted -- No.1 Australian General Hospital -- S.W. Head -- Cairo, Egypt
    13 Oct 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1635, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Admitted -- Australia & NZ Convalescent Hospital -- Helouan, Egypt
    19 Oct 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1635, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged fit for Active Service -- Zeitoun, Egypt
    11 Nov 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1635, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Rejoined Unit -- Gallipoli
    28 Dec 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1635, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Alexandria, Egypt -- Gallipoli Evacuation ex H.M.T. "Huntsgreen"
    4 Jan 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1635, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Admitted -- Hospital -- Sick "Unknown" -- Tel-El-Kebir
    9 Jan 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1635, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged to Duty -- Rejoined Battalion
    22 Mar 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1635, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Ivernia"
    28 Mar 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1635, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
    6 May 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Light Trench Mortar Battery, T.O.S. from 2nd Infantry Battalion
    20 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1635, 1st Light Trench Mortar Battery, Killed In Action
    20 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1635, 1st Light Trench Mortar Battery, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1635 awm_unit: 1 Light Trench Mortar Battery awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-20

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    Biography contributed by VWM Australia

    Joseph Alexander Tardy was one of eleven children born to John and Mary Tardy in Newcastle, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada. Younger brothers Frank and Robert William Tardy were also Killed In Action during hostilities on the Western Front fighting for Canada in 1916, while Isadore Tardy survived the war and lived until 1983. 

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