George Frederick HARDING

Regimental number26612
Date of birth29 June 1886
Place of birthTaranaki
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Height5' 5.5"
Weight147 lbs
Next of kinSister, Mrs F C Moore, Otorohanga
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date30 May 1916
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 8th Reinforcements to 4th Battalion, H Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 65 Pakeha on 23 September 1916
Final rankRifleman
Final unit2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 7), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records		Sister: Mrs G. Warren, Okoroire Springs, Rotorua Line, Hamilton
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 23 September 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 18 November 1916, and marched into Sling Camp.

Proceeded overseas to France, 9 December 1916; joined 2nd Bn, NZ Rifle Brigade, in the field, 7 January 1917, and posted to C Company.

Admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance, 27 January 1917 (trench feet); transferred to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 6 February 1917; to No 3 Canadian General Hospital, Boulogne, 8 February 1917 (frost bite, right foot); to England, 10 February 1917, and admitted to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 11 February 1917; transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 5 March 1917; to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 27 April 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 6 July 1917; rejoined Bn, in the field, 9 August 1917, and posted to B Company.

Reported missing, 12 October 1917.

Now, 27 October 1917, reported 'Killed in action, 12 October 1917'.

Buried (undated) at Passchendaele by II Corps Burial Detachment; grave subsequently lost.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 41, p. 38
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 16791487