HARD G.E.
Given Names: George Edward
Service Number: 1085
Unit: 30th Battalion, A Company
Rank: Private
Paybook Number: 167195
Age: 21 Yrs 7 Mths
Occupation: State School Teacher
Marital Status: Single
Religion: Church of England
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Height: 5 Ft 7 In
Weight: 150 Lbs
Chest: 37-38½ In
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Complexion: Fresh
ENLISTMENT
Date Enlisted: 8/7/1915
Place: Melbourne
Next of Kin: FATHER Hudson Hard
4 Maclaren Street, Bendigo, Victoria
Embarkation Date: 9/11/1915
Port: Sydney
Ship: HMAT Beltana A72
END OF WAR
Status: Returned to Australia
Ship: Ypringa
Embarked: 15/11/1919
Disembarked: 4/1/1920
Unit: 30th Battalion
Rank: Lieutenant
Discharge Date: 4/3/1920
Place: Melbourne
MEDALS AND AWARDS
14/15 Star: 26840
British War Medal: 35936
Victory Medal: 35653
Other:
BIRTH
Date or Year: 1894
Place: Raywood, Victoria
Father: Hudson HARD
Mother: Jane PERRY
MARRIAGE
Year: 1918
Place: Magdaline, Oxford, England
Spouse: Joan Nellie Beatrice SPIERS
DEATH
Date or Year: 21/9/1980
Place: Melbourne, Victoria
Burial: Springvale, Victoria
SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS
Served in Egypt and France
Suffered trench feet (Le Transloi) in 1916
Non-military employment 10/3/1919 - 10/9/1919
MEMORIALS
Kew State School
Kew War Memorial
Education Department
Holy Trinity Church
WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE
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Date Enlisted:
Date Discharged:
COMMENTS
Parents lived at 16 Walpole Street, Kew in 1914
FURTHER INFORMATION
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