Clarence Vivian McHardie

Forenames

Clarence Vivian AWMM

Surname

McHardie AWMM

Service number

WWI 10/1895 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

24 Mar 1894 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Pre 11 Jan 1915 AWMM Dannevirke, New Zealand AWMM

Post war occupation

Telegraphist/Civilian AWMM

Next of kin

James McHardie (father), People's Palace Hotel, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 17 Apr 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 10/1895 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 11 Jan 1915 AWMM
Age  20 AWMM
Telegraph Operator/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 17 Apr 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 21 or HMNZT 22 or HMNZT 23 AWMM Vessel was Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo AWMM Private AWMM Wellington Infantry Battalion AWMM 4th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
Accidentally drowned after a cycle accident AWMM

Last rank

Inter War 24 Nov 1919 AWMM
Discharged on termination of period of engagement AWMM
Corporal/Military AWMM
New Zealand Army Postal Corps AWMM

Son of James McHardie and Florence Jane McHardie (nee Tucker).

He died a week before he was to be married.

He is commemorated on the bell Hebuterne (donated by his father, James McHardie) for the National War Memorial Carillon, Wellington. Brothers Clarence McHardie, Raymond Shirley McHardie and Cyril James McHardie are commemorated on the same bell. AWMM

Death

28 Feb 1923 AWMM
Age  26 AWMM

Cause of death

Accidental Death AWMM

Memorial name

National War Memorial Carillon, 41 Buckle Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
  https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
  Sources Used
• Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R10924649
  Further Reference
• Accident report. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18337, 1 March 1923, Page 8
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZH19230301.2.39&srpos
  Further Reference
• Ministry of Culture and Heritage. The National War Memorial, The Carillon, Hall of Memories, The Tomb of the Unknown Warrior, National War Memorial Park, Wellington.
  http://www.mch.govt.nz/nz-identity-heritage/national-war-memorial
  Further Reference

References

• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• The New Zealand Herald
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 451
• The New Zealand Herald
• 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. 3: Includes portrait
• HMNZT Giessen. (1919). The ventilator: H.M.N.Z.T. “Giessen”, August 1919 (C. G. E. Harker, Ed.; H. S. B. Ribbands & E. H. Greenhow, Sub-eds.). 1NZEF. Ferguson and Osborn Ltd.