James HARDY

Regimental number6/1081
Address103 Lower High Street, Christchurch
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs F Smith, Gilbert Street, Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
The Canterbury Infantry Battalion, Main Body, left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Tahiti' and 'Athenic'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unitCanterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of disease 13 January 1916
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialPieta Military Cemetery (Plot C, Row VI, Grave No 4), Malta
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mrs. E. J. Smith (formerly Hardy) and the late M. Hardy, Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Died of disease at sea; buried in Malta.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Main Body