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
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Date Enlisted:
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COMMENTS