George Lawrence HARDEY

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HARDEY, George Lawrence

Service Number:	5
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd South Australian Contingent Mounted Rifles
Born:	Christchurch, New Zealand, 13 December 1871
Home Town:	Norwood (SA), South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Enteric Fever, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 4 June 1900, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	President Brand Cemetery, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Memorials:	Adelaide Boer War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, North Adelaide St Peter's Cathedral Boer War Honour Roll

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 5
1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Trooper, 5, 2nd South Australian Mounted Rifles
4 Jun 1900:	Involvement Private, 5, 2nd South Australian Contingent Mounted Rifles

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"...5 Trooper (Tpr) George Lawrence Hardy, 2nd South Australian Mounted Rifles (SAMR). Tpr Hardy is wearing an unusual variation of 1871 pattern tan leather waist belt with an 1888 pattern bayonet and tan leather bandolier. Beside him is his slouch hat with a miniature Union Jack fixed to the crown. Tpr Hardy died of enteric fever at Bloemfontein on 4 June 1900." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

Biography

The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA: 1889 - 1931) Friday 8 June 1900

THE SECOND CONTINGENT.

His Excellency the Governor has received a telegram from Sir Alfred Milner, dated Cape, Town, June 6, as follows:—"I regret to report that Private G. L. Hardey, of the South Australian Mounted Infantry, died of enteric fever at Bloemfontein on June 4." The Minister of War has forwarded the condolences of the Government to the widow, Mrs. Hardey, who resides in Charles-street, Norwood. The deceased was a member of the Second Contingent and was formerly in the Christchurch and Kaiapoi Rifles.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36959282

The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA: 1889 - 1931) Wednesday 4 June 1902

IN MEMORIAM

HARDEY.—In loving memory of Trooper Geo. Laurance Hardey, Second Contingent, who died at Bloemfontein, June 4, 1900. "Thy will be done."—Inserted by Mrs. G. L. Hardey, 150, Parade, Norwood.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4891363

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