Martin James Hardy

1894 - 1916  (21 years)

• Name	Martin James Hardy  [1]
  Birth	07 Feb 1894	Scottsdale, Tasmania, Australia
  Gender	Male
  Death	13 Jan 1916	Onboard HS Devanha, Mediterranian Sea, Malta   [1]
  Burial	Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta   [1]
  Person ID	I272216493781	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

  
  

• Notes

  MARTIN JAMES (JIM) HARDY was born in Scottsdale on 7th February 1894 and like his brother Horace travelled to New Zealand, where he enlisted in the army under the name of James Hardy. His service record shows his age on enlistment as 25 years and 7 months, however it is more likely that he enlisted at 20 years and 7 months, as the First World War would have been over by the time he was 24. As the age requirement at the time was 21 years, he more than likely lied about his age in order to enlist. For a short period during 1914, Jim Hardy was detached at Alexandria in Egypt, probably undergoing training there. On 23rd March 1915 he disembarked the ship which transported his detachment to Malta suffering from venereal disease and on 29th May 1915 was admitted to the Forest Hospital in Malta for treatment. 5 months later, on 16th October 1915 he was again admitted to hospital, this time suffering from a hernia and swollen glands. The following month he was back in hospital again suffering from Typhoid and yet again a month later with another hernia. On 6th January 1916 he was listed as “dangerously ill” and a week later, on 13th Jan 1916 he died of pneumonia on board the British Hospital Ship HS Devanha. James Hardy’s military record indicates he served some time in the Dardanelles. The Main Body of the Canterbury Infantry Regiment of which James Hardy was a member, reportedly served at Gallipoli, although it is unclear if James Hardy fought there. After his death, James Hardy was awarded a 1914 – 1915 Service Star, on 17th October 1921 he received a British War Medal and on 28th August 1922 he was awarded a Victory Medal. Martin James Hardy, 6/1081, Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. is buried in the Pieta Military Cemetery in Malta.

  
  

• Sources

  [S901098361] Ancestry.com, Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).