Hardwick, Arthur Sydney

Middle EastAll Campaigns

20 Jan

Written By Renegade Moss

SURNAME

Hardwick

NAME

Arthur Sydney

PLACE OF BIRTH

Hockley, England

OCCUPATION

Labourer

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

Brisbane

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

26-04-16

NEXT OF KIN

(mother) Eliza Hardwick, Brisbane

REGIMENT 1

Machine Gun

REGIMENT 2

Other Light Horse

RANK

Trooper

CAMPAIGN 1

Middle East

OTHER INFORMATION

13th Machine Gun Coy, 1st Light Horse. Awarded the 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal.

STORY OUTLINE

Arthur Sydney Hardwick, eldest of three brothers who went to war, enlisted at Brisbane and served with the 13th Machine Gun Company, attached to the 1st Light Horse.

This contingent was part of the famed Light Horse Brigade attack on Beersheeba. The Hardwick brothers had cane farming interests in the Mowbray district and later took up a cane farm at Edmonton.

SERVICE NO

2937