Ngā ingoa tuatahi

William James AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Hardham AWMM

Nama Hōia

• South African 1251 AWMM
• WWI 11/661 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Whānautanga mai

31 Jul 1876 AWMM

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

• South African 5 Oxford Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
• South African 10 Riddiford Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
• WW1 21 Riddlers Crescent, Petone, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Mahi whai muri i te pakanga

• Dominion Newspaper, Wellington/Civilian AWMM
• Public Works Employee/Civilian AWMM
• RSA manager/Civilian AWMM

Uri kiritahi

• WW1 Mr George Hardham (father), 10 Cardall Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
• WW1 Mrs Constance Evelyn Hardham (wife), 26 Ohiro Road, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

• Pre 31 Mar 1900 AWMM Single/South African AWMM
• Pre 19 Mar 1902 AWMM Single/South African AWMM
• Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM
• Pre 21 Feb 1918 AWMM Married/WWI AWMM

Pakanga

• South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

• Cape Colony AWMM
• 24 May 1900-31 May 1902 AWMM Transvaal AWMM
• Rhodesia AWMM
• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
• Sinai & Palestine AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

• South African 1251 AWMM
• WWI 11/661 AWMM

Urunga ki te ope taua

• Cadets (from 1891) AWMM
• Wellington Naval Artillery Volunteers (1895) AWMM
• Petone Naval Artillery Volunteers AWMM
• Coronation Contingent AWMM

Mētara me ngā Tohu

• Victoria Cross (VC) AWMM
  VC. London Gazette, 4 October 1901. "On 28 January 1901, near Naauwpoort, this non-commissioned officer was with a section which was extended and hotly engaged with a party of about twenty Boers. Just before the force commenced to retire, Trooper McCrae was wounded, and his horse killed. Farrier Sergeant Major Hardham at once went, under a heavy fire, to his assistance, dismounted, and placed him on his own horse, and ran alongside until he had guided him to a place of safety." AWMM
• Queen's South Africa Medal (Cape Colony, Rhodesia, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 clasps) AWMM
• Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal with oak leaf AWMM
• Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal AWMM
• New Zealand Volunteer Service Medal AWMM
• New Zealand Long and Efficient Service Medal AWMM

Te urunga

• South Africa Blacksmith and farrier/Civilian AWMM
• South Africa Blacksmith and farrier/Civilian AWMM
• WW1 Blacksmith/Civilian AWMM
• WW1 Blacksmith/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

• South Africa Vessel was Gymeric AWMM Farrier Sergeant/Military AWMM 4 Contingent, 7 Company AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 4th Contingent (Rough Riders) AWMM
• South Africa Vessel was Devon AWMM Lieutenant/Military AWMM 9 Contingent, H Squadron AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 9th Contingent AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM
• WW1 16 Oct 1914 AWMM
  HMNZT 6 or HMNZT 10 AWMM Vessel was Orari or Arawa AWMM Captain/Military AWMM Wellington Mounted Rifles AWMM 2nd Reinforcements AWMM
  3rd Embarkation AWMM
• WW1 21 Feb 1918-04 Apr 1918 AWMM
  Moeraki 21 February 1918 AWMM Vessel was Moeraki AWMM Captain/Military AWMM 35th Reinforcements, Mounted Rifles Brigade AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
  4th Embarkation AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  30 May 1915 : Wounded at Gallipoli AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  January 1919: Invalided to New Zealand , suffering from malaria AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

• South Africa Farrier Sergeant Major/Military AWMM
  New Zealand Mounted Rifles AWMM
• WW1 Major/Military AWMM
  Wellington Mounted Rifles AWMM

Matenga

13 Apr 1928 AWMM
Age  51 AWMM

Urupā

• Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM Area 11 Block AA Row 03 Plot 062 AWMM
• Karori Cemetery AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

Dunedin, Victoria Cross winners' plaque, Queens Gardens, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Military Personnel Files - VC & George Cross holders Army War medals and decorations indexes and registers
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22311763
  Further Reference
• Military Personnel Files - VC & George Cross holders Army War medals and decorations indexes and registers
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R23523704
  Further Reference
• National Archives of New Zealand, National Collection of War Art. Portrait.
  http://warart.archives.govt.nz/node/238
  Further Reference
• NZ History online database of New Zealand embarkations for the Boer War
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/new-zealand-in-the-south-african-boer-war/database
  Further Reference
• Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Published on Te Ara, The Encyclopedia of New Zealand online.
  http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3h7/1
  Further Reference
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage, NZ History online. Dunedin RSA building, formerly site of the VC winners' plaque.
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/dunedin-rsa-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• Wikidata Entity
  http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q8013457
  Further Reference

Ngā tuhinga

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 301
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  79: 2
• Bryant, G.A. (1972). Where the prize is highest : the stories of the New Zealanders who won the Victoria Cross. Auckland, N.Z.: Collins.
  Bryant, G.A. (1972), pp. 25-27, includes photo
• Volunteers: the Journal of the New Zealand Military Historical Society
  The Boer War VC: William James Hardham. The Volunteers. Vol 25 No. 2 p. 76-78
• Sanders, J. (1974). New Zealand VC winners : the story of New Zealand servicemen who won the greatest honour for valour on the battlefield. Auckland, N.Z.: Wilson and Horton.
• Harper, G., & Richardson, C. (2006). In the face of the enemy: The complete history of the Victoria Cross and New Zealand. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins NZ.
  Harper, G. & Richardson, C. (2006). In the face of the enemy: The complete history of the Victoria Cross and New Zealand. Auckland, NZ: HarperCollins NZ.p.29-30,60, 64-66, 227, 232
• The Register of the Victoria Cross. (1997). (3rd ed.). Cheltenham, England: This England.
  The Register of the Victoria Cross. (1997). (3rd ed.). p. 139
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 2: Includes portrait
• Stowers, R. (2009). Rough riders at war : history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 and information on all members of the 10 New Zealand contingents. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers.
  p.157
• McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.