HARDY, Leo Victor
| Service Number: | 4030 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 April 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Army Pay Corps (AIF) |
| Born: | Clerkenwell, London, England , 17 July 1887 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 25 September 1947, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Apr 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4030, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
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| 30 Nov 1917: | Involvement Private, 4030, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Nov 1917: | Embarked Private, 4030, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne | |
| 2 Jan 1919: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Army Pay Corps (AIF) | |
| 17 Jun 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, Army Pay Corps (AIF) | |
| 1 Sep 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, Army Pay Corps (AIF) | |
| 22 Jan 1920: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4030, Army Pay Corps (AIF), ex England per Friedrichsrub to Fremantle | |
| 7 Apr 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4030, Army Pay Corps (AIF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Leo was the seventh of ten children of William John Hardy (born 1851 in London, England) and Sarah Jane Rudge (born 1855 in London, England). William - an Engraver and Artist - married Sarah - a Nursery Governess - in 1877 in London, where they lived and worked until immigrating to Fremantle in Western Australia in 1893.
Leo was six years of age when he arrived in Fremantle with his family. He was working as a Clerk in 1915 when he married Florance Margaret Buckley (born 1892 at Newcastle near Toodyay in Western Australia). Leo enlisted with the AIF in 1917 as a Private (Service No:4030) with 51st Infantry Battalion before transferring to Army Pay Corps in 1919. He was Discharged in April 1920 (Sergeant). Brothers - Philip (Service No:4344) and Basil (Service No:2669) - and Brother-in-Law Herbert Rigg (Service No:15977) served in WWI, and eldest son Joseph (Service Nos:WX27095/W80330) served in WWII.
Following his Discharge, Leo and Florance settled in Perth - living at Subiaco and Maylands where Leo was a Clerk for the WA Government Railways. Florance died in 1942 and Leo in 1947.