HARDY L.G.

Given Names:  Leslie George

Service Number:  720

Unit:  Machine Gun Company 2, 13th reinforcements                                                        

Rank:  Private  

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Age:  18 Yrs  5 Mths

Occupation:  Railway Employee                                                                                      

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Methodist

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  7½ In                  

Weight:  142 Lbs

Chest:  31-35½ In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Grey

Complexion:  Medium

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  24/2/1917

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Elizabeth Hardy

201 Barkers Road, Kew, Victoria                                                                                      

Embarkation Date:  21/6/1917

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Suevic A29

END OF WAR 

Status:  Died of wounds

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Unit:  8th Battalion                                                                                                                        

Rank:  Private

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MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  57734

Victory Medal:  56732

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1898

Place:  Hawthorn, Victoria                        

Father:  Henry Fletcher HARDY               

Mother:  Elizabeth JACKMAN

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 14/4/1918                          

Place: , France

Burial:  Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Suffered trench feet 19/1/1918

Wounded in action 13/4/1918; shrapnel wounds head and face

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Australian War Memorial

Memorial Plaque: 343120

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS