HARDY  P.J.

Given Names:  Percy James

               

Service Number:  3502

Unit:  24th Battalion, 8th reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  18 Yrs  4 Mths

Occupation:  Clerk                                                                                                         

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Methodist

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  8½ In                  

Weight:  142 Lbs

Chest:  32-33½ In

Hair:  Dark Brown

Eyes:  Grey

Complexion:  Sallow

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  13/7/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Henry Fletcher Hardy

201 Barkers Road, Kew, Victoria                                                                                      

Embarkation Date:  5/1/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Afric A19

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Osterley

Embarked:  13/1/1918                               

Disembarked: 

Unit:  8th Battalion                                                                                                                        

Rank:  Lance Corporal

Discharge Date:  18/5/1918                       

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  31845

Victory Medal:  31631

Other:    

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1897

Place:  Collingwood, Victoria                    

Father:  Henry Fletcher HARDY               

Mother:  Elizabeth JACKMAN

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1928     

Place:             

Spouse: Irene Constance DURIEU

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 7/9/1971                            

Place: Fitzroy, Victoria                             

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 17/4/1917; shell shock

Suffered debility (shell shock) after being wounded

Discharged suffering neurasthenia

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Springvale Walls of Remembrance

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

 

Kew Rotary