Horace Olly (John Henry) Hardy[1]
1890 - 1958 (68 years)
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Name Horace Olly (John Henry) Hardy [2, 3, 4] Birth 12 Jan 1890 Scottsdale, Tasmania, Australia 
[2] Gender Male Death 6 Oct 1958 Kent, town, South Australia, Australia Person ID I272216493359 My Genealogy Last Modified 17 Jan 2024
Father Martin Hardy, b. 20 Jun 1855, Quamby, Tasmania, Australia d. 22 Jul 1927, Nubeena, Tasmania, Australia (Age 72 years) Mother Ellen Jane Bush, b. 1859, Spring Bay, Tasmania d. 09 Aug 1934, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia (Age 75 years) Marriage 24 May 1876 Ringarooma, Tasmania, Australia Family ID F367 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Vera Mary Diener, b. 25 Aug 1889, Branxholme, Victoria, Australia d. 1984, Fitzroy, Victoria (Age 94 years) Marriage 19 Jun 1917 Hobart Children 1. Joyce Vera Hardy, b. 23 Mar 1918, Smithton, Tasmania d. 26 Jan 1997, Rosanna, Victoria, Australia (Age 78 years)2. Vera Hardy, b. 19 Jun 1919, Smithton, Tasmania d. 1919, Smithton, Tasmania 3. Nancy Jean Hardy, b. 15 Nov 1922, Smithton, Tasmania, Australia d. 18 Aug 1994, Cheltenham Vic (Age 71 years)Family ID F290 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 17 Jan 2024
Family 2 Martha Doris Smith, b. 1900, Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia d. 5 Nov 1986, Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia (Age 86 years) Marriage 13 Oct 1922 Children 1. John LeStrange, b. 1927 d. 1991 (Age 64 years) 2. Basil Edward Stone, b. Abt. 1932, Benalla, Victoria, Australia d. 30 Oct 1986, Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia (Age 54 years)3. Robert David Allan John Hardy, b. Abt. 1934, Benalla, Victoria, Australia d. 1985 (Age 51 years)4. Richard Riley Hardy Family ID F10 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 17 Jan 2024
Family 3 Nora Heneage Taylor, b. 8 May 1904, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, England d. 9 Jan 1987, Glen Osmond, SA (Age 82 years) Marriage 18 Jun 1942 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Family ID F138 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 17 Jan 2024
Family 4 Ella Louisa Hay Family ID F129 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 17 Jan 2024
Family 5 Christina Richardson, b. 10 Dec 1901, Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia d. 29 Mar 1973, Noble Park, Victoria, Australia (Age 71 years) Children 1. Yvonne Mollie Thora Hopwood, b. 3 May 1921, Scottsdale, Tasmania, Australia d. 4 Jan 1987, Glen Waverley, Victoria, Australia (Age 65 years)Family ID F266 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 17 Jan 2024
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Notes - HORACE OLLY HARDY was born 12th January 1890 in Scottsdale.
In December 1914, Horace Hardy enlisted in the NZ Army under the name of John Henry Hardy. His age on enlistment is recorded as 29 years 11 months, but his age was actually 24 years 11 months. Like his brother, Martin James, he exaggerated his age by 5 years on enlistment.
In 1915 Horace HardyÂ’s picture appeared in The Weekly Courier, a Tasmanian wartime newspaper, with the caption that he was in Egypt with the Third New Zealand Expeditionary Forces. Egypt served as the training ground for many of the New Zealand and Australian forces.
He is recorded as having served at Anzac Cove during the battle at Gallipoli but in May 1915 was admitted to the NZ Field Ambulance suffering from bronchitis, and was subsequently evacuated on board the mine sweeper SS Clacton to the Dardanelles where he was transferred to HS Franconia. In Alexandria he was further transferred to HS Southland, disembarking at the base hospital at Heliopolis. On 25 September 1915 he embarked from Suez on the SS Willochra for the trip home to New Zealand where he was discharged as medically unfit on 1st December 1915.
Military records indicate that Horace had a tattoo of a ladyÂ’s head on his left forearm.
After his discharge Horace was awarded the 1914 – 1915 Star, British War Medal, and the Victory Medal.
Shortly after his discharge Horace Hardy returned to Tasmania where he enlisted in the Australian Infantry Forces as a recruitment officer.
In 1917 he married Vera Mary Diener, although it is unknown if they had any children.
- HORACE OLLY HARDY was born 12th January 1890 in Scottsdale.
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