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Albert Ryland Harding

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Lance Corporal # 2701A A R HARDING 8th BN AUSTRALIAN INF Died 10th September 1918 aged 28yrs He is buried in the Brookwood Military Cemetery, UK REF: IV. G. 3.

Albert Ryland HARDING

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Albert Ryland AWMM
  • Surname
    Harding AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 2701 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Gisborne, Gisborne Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
    b. 1889 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 May 2023 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Place of birth
    Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 May 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/albert-ryland-harding
  • Birth notes
    Son of John Alfred and Georgina Harding, of 16, Hirini St., Kaiti, Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 May 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/albert-ryland-harding
  • Address before enlistment
    Sydney Australia Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 May 2023 - ROLL OF HONOR.
    POVERTY BAY HERALD, VOLUME XLIII, ISSUE 14097, 14 SEPTEMBER 1916, PAGE 3
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs Georgina Harding, Kaiti, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 18 March 1915 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 2701 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 18 March 1915 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
    Age 25 AWMM
    Farmer/Civilian Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
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Prisoner of war

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Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    10 December 1918 AWMMDied of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
    Phthisis (Tuberculosis) AWMM

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Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
    10 December 1918 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
    England Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 May 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/albert-ryland-harding
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Brookwood Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Rwo G, Grave No. 3), Surrey, England AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Mrs J. A. Harding, Kaiti, has received news of the death of her second son. Albert Ryland (Tommy). He enlisted with the Sixth Imperial Forces and saw considerable service in France. He was twice wounded and twice gassed, the effects of which proved fatal, after being in hospital for the last eleven months. He is the second son Mrs Harding has lost through the war. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 May 2023 - GISBORNE TIMES, VOLUME L, ISSUE 5070, 13 JANUARY 1919, PAGE 5
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Memorial

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  • Advice has been received by Mrs. J A. Harding that her son Albert Ryland (Tommy) Harding, has been wounded, his hand being fractured, and he has been admitted to hospital in England from France. Corporal Harding enlisted at Sydney, and is serving with the Australian Forces
    REF: POVERTY BAY HERALD, VOLUME XLIII, ISSUE 14097, 14 SEPTEMBER 1916, PAGE 3
    Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 May 2023
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26 June 2023Lorraine MonaGisborne Researcher
26 June 2019JamieGisborne - NZ Other relative

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