Hardwick, John Thomas
SURNAME
Hardwick
NAME
John Thomas
PLACE OF BIRTH
Essex, England
OCCUPATION
Labourer
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT
Brisbane
DATE OF ENLISTMENT
17-04-16
NEXT OF KIN
(mother) Eliza Hardwick, Brisbane
LINK TO DOUGLAS SHIRE
Worked in the district and married Evelana Jane Robbins of Mowbray.
REGIMENT 1
2nd Light Horse
RANK
Trooper
CAMPAIGN 1
Middle East
DATE DISCHARGED
6-06-19
OTHER INFORMATION
Awarded the 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
STORY OUTLINE
John Thomas Hardwick, one of three Hardwick brothers to serve in World War I, enlisted in Brisbane in April 1916, aged 21. Assigned to the 2nd Light Horse, he landed in Suez and fought in the Middle East through the rest of the war, apart from some periods of hospitalisation due to illness. He returned to Australia in March 1919 and was discharged in June.
He married Evelana Jane Robbins in Mowbray, December 1921.
