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HARDING, Charles Alfred
(Service number 28880)

Aliases	Named as Charles Augustus HARDING in some newspaper items.
First Rank		Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth	Dunedin

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Christchurch
Occupation	Jockey
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Married
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Military Service

Served with	New Zealand Armed Forces (?)	Served in
Military District

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Date	n/a
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Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	New Zealand Training Unit

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No information

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Death

Date	24 July 1916	Age	34 yrs
Place of Death
Cause	Died from disease contracted, while training with or attached to the NZEF in New Zealand. Spinal meningitis.
Notices	Press, 26 August 1916
Memorial or Cemetery	Linwood Cemetery, Christchurch
Memorial Reference	Block 46, Plot 259
New Zealand Memorials	2015 additions to the Tiimaru Memorial Wall

Biographical Notes

Son of William Henry & Mary Ellen HARDING, of Charles Street, Linwood, Christchurch. Married; wife in New South Wales. Jockey apprenticeship in Dunedin; later rode in Australia & Canterbury. Took ill & died next day. Military funeral.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [19 November 2013]; CWGC [19 November 2013]; Find A Grave headstone image [20 November 2013]. Timaru Herald, 26 July 1916; Press, 26 July 1916, 27 July 1916, 28 July 1916 (Papers Past) [20 November 2013].

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