Bernard Maning Hardiman

Forenames

Bernard Maning AWMM

Surname

Hardiman AWMM

Also known as

Hardy Hardiman AWMM

Service number

39335 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Catholic, Christian AWMM

Birth

23 Dec 1912 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Pre 19 Dec 1939 AWMM Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Mary Hardiman (mother), Rangi Point, Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 01 May 1940 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

• Greece AWMM
• 1941 AWMM Crete AWMM
• Tobruk AWMM
• El Alamein AWMM
• North Africa AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

39335 AWMM

Military service

Territorials AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Military Medal (MM) AWMM
  During the battalion withdrawal from Maleme this N.C.O. asked to be allowed to carry back one of his men who had been badly wounded in the early stages of the withdrawal. The first part of his task was accomplished under enemy fire. He could not keep up with the rear-guard, therefore remained behind and carried the wounded soldier for two days behind the enemy lines. He became so exhausted in the end he decided to place the wounded soldier near a roadway and return to the unit, which he had accomplished, having to evade several bodies of the enemy in doing so. (London Gazette 30/12/1941) AWMM
• 1939-1945 Star AWMM
• Africa Star (8th Army clasp) AWMM
• Defence Medal AWMM
• War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
• New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM
• Military Medal (MM) AWMM
  30 Dec 1941 AWMM
  The National Archives. Recommendation for Award for Hardiman, Bernard. (Ref. WO 373/27/487). Military Medal. AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 19 Dec 1939 AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Vessel was Aquitania AWMM Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, A Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Second Echelon AWMM

Medical notes

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Heart Operation AWMM

Last rank

Sergeant AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, A Company AWMM

Death

10 Dec 1972 AWMM

Age at death

59yrs

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Place of death

Rangi Point, Far North District, Northland

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Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

Waiparea Cemetery, Rangi Point, Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM

Cemetery name

Rangi Point Cemetery, Panguru, Far North

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Obituary

NZ Herald 11.12.72 AWMM

Related objects

External links

• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
  Further Reference
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington: Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210104000423/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor.html
  Further Reference
• 'The KING has been graciously pleased to approve the following awards in recognition of distinguished services in the Middle East (including Egypt, East Africa, The Western Desert, The Sudan, Greece, Crete, Syria and Tobruk) during the period February 1941 to July 1941.' (London Gazette, 30 December 1941, p.7338.). Military Medal.
  http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35396/pages/7338
  Further Reference
• The National Archives. Recommendation for Award for Hardiman, Bernard. (Ref. WO 373/27/487). Military Medal.
  http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D7362997
  Further Reference

References

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 2: WW2 79
• The New Zealand Herald
  NZ Herald 11.12.72
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Information kindly provided by family
• The parting of the ways : a souvenir record of the triumphs, tribulations and maritime musings of returning draft H.M.N.Z.T No. 217, 'Zealandic'. January 18th, 1919 to February 26th, 1919.
• McClymont, W. (1959). To Greece. Wellington, N.Z.: Department Internal Affairs, War History Branch.