Informations sur naissance

Date de naissance:
09/12/1891
Lieu de naissance:
Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Écosse, Royaume-Uni

Informations générales

Profession:
Agriculteur

Informations service militaire

Pays:
Canada
Force armée:
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Rang:
Rifleman
Numéro de service:
186310
Incorporation date:
03/12/1915
Incorporation nom de lieu:
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Unités:
 —  Canadian Infantry, 8th Bn. (90th Rifles)  (Dernière unité connue)

Informations sur décès

Date de décès:
10/11/1917
Lieu de décès:
No. 47 Casualty Clearing Station, Dozinghem, Westvleteren, Belgique
Cause du décès:
Died of wounds (D.O.W.)
Âge:
25

Cimetière

Dozinghem Military Cemetery
Parcelle: XIV
Rangée: B
Tombe: 16

Distinctions et médailles 2

British War Medal
Médaille
Victory Medal
Médaille

Points d'intérêt 3

#1 Lieu de naissance
#2 Lieu d'enrôlement
#3 Lieu de blessure

Mon histoire

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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