Informationen zu Geburt

Geburtsdatum:
09/12/1891
Geburtsort:
Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Vereinigtes Königreich, Schottland

Allgemeine Informationen

Beruf:
Landwirt / Bauman / Ökonom

Informationen zum Armeedienst

Land:
Canada
Truppe:
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Rang:
Rifleman
Dienstnummer:
186310
Einberufung datum:
03/12/1915
Einberufung ort:
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Einheiten:
 —  Canadian Infantry, 8th Bn. (90th Rifles)  (Letzte bekannte Einheit)

Informationen zu Tod

Sterbedatum:
10/11/1917
Sterbeort:
No. 47 Casualty Clearing Station, Dozinghem, Westvleteren, Belgien
Todesursache:
Verwundet
Alter:
25

Begräbnisplatz

Dozinghem Military Cemetery
Grabstelle: XIV
Reihe: B
Grab: 16

Auszeichnungen und Orden 2

British War Medal
Medaille
Victory Medal
Medaille

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Meine Geschichte

Rifleman John Hardie – a farmer from Hartney, Manitoba - served with the 8th Battalion Canadian Infantry also known as the 90th Rifles. The Battalion was part of the 2nd Brigade, of the 1st Canadian Division.

On the 8th of November 1917, the 8th Canadian Infantry relieved the 13th Canadian Infantry in the front line trenches astride the Mosselmarkt-Meetcheele Road. Two days later, on the 10th of November 1917, the 2nd Canadian Brigade was to attack the crest of the Passchendaele Ridge, taking Venture Farm and Vindictive Crossroads. Battalion Headquarters were established at Meetcheele, but at 8.00 a.m. on the 9th Headquarters moved forward to Mosselmarkt. During the night and throughout the 9th of November the 8th Battalion was heavily shelled. One company commander, four officers and sixty other ranks became casualties.

John Hardie, 25, was one of them. He suffered from shrapnel wounds to his right leg, genitals, his neck and his head. John was evacuated to No. 47 Casualty Clearing Station, near the village of Westvleteren, where he succumbed to his wounds on the following day.

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