Joe HARDY

Regimental number10/1834
Date of birth7 December 1881
Place of birthHuddersfield, Yorkshire, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationGas fitter
Address28 Mortimer Terrace, Wellington
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation33.10
Height5' 5"
Weight118 lbs
Next of kinFather, H Hardy, Westward Conservative Club, 12 Springwood Street, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
Previous military serviceServed for 3 years in 2nd (Duke of Wellington) Regiment Volunteers; left the district.
Enlistment date6 January 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 17 April 1915
The 4th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, left New Zealand on board three ships (HMNZT 21 'Willochra', HMNZT 22 'Knight Templar', and HMNZT 23 'Waitomo'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 7), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records		Father: Mr. H. Hardy, Westward Conservative Club, 12 Springwood Street, Huddersfield, England. Wife: Mrs. E. J. Hardy, Wellington
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Joined Bn at Gallipoli, 9 June 1915.

Reported admitted to hospital, Alexandria, 13 August 1915 (exhaustion).

Note on file: 'All enquiries made in England & Egypt. No trace.'

Note on file, 20 March 1916: 'Now reported Missing Believed Dead.'

War service: 215 days (of which 114 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Fourth
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 16791582