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John Hardie

Informatie over geboorte

Geboortedatum:
09/12/1891
Geboorteplaats:
Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Schotland, Verenigd Koninkrijk

Algemene Informatie

Beroep:
Landbouwer

Informatie legerdienst

Land:
Canada
Strijdmacht:
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Rang:
Rifleman
Service nummer:
186310
Dienstneming datum:
03/12/1915
Dienstneming plaats:
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Eenheden:
 —  Canadian Infantry, 8th Bn. (90th Rifles)  (Laatst gekende eenheid)

Informatie over overlijden

Datum van overlijden:
10/11/1917
Plaats van overlijden:
No. 47 Casualty Clearing Station, Dozinghem, Westvleteren, België
Doodsoorzaak:
Died of wounds (D.O.W.)
Leeftijd:
25

Begraafplaats

Dozinghem Military Cemetery
Plot: XIV
Rij: B
Graf: 16

Onderscheidingen en medailles 2

British War Medal
Medaille
Victory Medal
Medaille

Points of interest 3

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Mijn verhaal

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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