Regimental number | 1024 |
Place of birth | Melbourne, Victoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | Ellen Bank, Warragul, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 31 |
Height | 5' 9.875" |
Weight | 147 lbs |
Next of kin | A. Hardie, Ellen Bank, Warragul, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Warragul, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 4th Light Horse Regiment, 6th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/9/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 4th Light Horse Regiment |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 901 Pte George James HARDIE, 1st Machine Gun Bn, returned to Australia, 1 August 1919; 6012 Sapper John Scott HARDIE, 5th Field Company Engineers, died of disease, 12 March 1916. |
Other details |
War service: joined 4th Light Horse Regiment at Gallipoli, and posted to 'A' Squadron, 2 October 1915. Sick to hospital, 27 November 1915; admitted to HS 'Oxfordshire', 12 December 1915, and admitted Convalescent Depot, Mustapha, 15 December 1915 (mumps). Detailed for Guard Duty at AIF Headquarters, Cairo, 20 January 1916; attached to 3rd Australian General Hospital, Abbassia, for Guard Duty, 10 July 1916; attached for Guard Duty to 14th Australian General Hospital, 27 September 1916. Taken on strength, 4th Light Horse Training Regiment, 2 May 1917. Rejoined 4th Light Horse Regiment, Razar, 8 July 1916. Admitted to 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance, 2 February 1918 (cell[ulitis], left arm); discharged to duty and rejoined Regiment, 6 February 1918. Wounded in action, 3 May 1918 (gun shot wound, left hip); admitted to 65th Casualty Clearing Station, 4 May 1918; listed as 'dangerously ill', 6 May 1918; listed as 'out of danger', 9 May 1918; transferred to 26th Casualty Clearing Station, 9 May 1918; to 36th Stationary Hospital, Gaza, 10 May 1918; to 44th Stationary Hospital, Kantara, 12 May 1918; to 14th Australian General Hospital, Port Said, 13 May 1918; to Rest Camp, Port Said, 25 June 1918; to 4th Light Horse Training Regiment, 3 July 1918; rejoined Regiment, 10 July 1918. Admitted to Anzac Rest Station, 15 July 1918 (diarrhoea); transferred to 47th Stationary Hospital, Gaza, 18 July 1918; to 44th Stationary Hospital, Kantara, 22 July 1918; to 31st General Hospital, Abbassia, 23 July 1918; to Suez for embarkation to Australia, 29 August 1918. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Wiltshire', 30 August 1918 (debility); disembarked Sydney, 3 October 1918, for onward travel to Melbourne; discharged (medically unfit), Melbourne, 21 October 1918. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Miscellaneous details | Name incorrectly recorded on Embarkation Roll as Charles Vivian HARDIE. |
Date of death | |
Place of burial | Warragul Cemetery |
Sources | NAA: B2455, HARDIE Charles Ninian |