Studio portrait of 2415 Private (Pte) John William Hardy, 19th Battalion, of Brisbane, Qld. A ...

Accession Number P08869.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Colour - Toned black & white print
Maker Unknown
Date made 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of 2415 Private (Pte) John William Hardy, 19th Battalion, of Brisbane, Qld. A compositer prior to enlistment he embarked from Sydney, NSW, with the 5th Reinforcements on board HMAT Themistocles (A32) on 5 October 1915. Pte Hardy died of wounds in Flers, France on 14 November 1916, he was 26 years of age. He is buried at the Dartmoor Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, France.