Royal Australian Air Force
Service number 420880
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Ian Griffiths HARDY RAAF
Service number: 420880
Born: 23 Mar 1923, Invercargill, New Zealand
Schooling: Neutral Bay Inter – High, North Sydney Boy's High
Religion: Methodist
Civil Employment: Commercial Traveller, Chemical Goods (Family Business R.M. Hardy & Co, 5 Hunter St Sydney NSW Australia - Offices around Australia, New Zealand and Singapore)
Home Address: "Conway" 24 Rickard Ave, Mosman, NSW, Australia
Home Town: Mosman NSW
Marital status: Single
Age on enlistment: 18 Years 8 Months
Place of enlistment: No. 2 Recruiting Centre, Palmer & Plunkett Sts, Woolloomooloo, NSW, Australia
Next of kin: Robert McIntosh Hardy (Father)
Attested into AIF: 6 Dec 1941
Final Rank: Warrant Officer
Final Unit: 30 Sqn
Embark from: Sydney 18 August 1942 for Canada
Fate: Killed 17 Nov 1944 Air Crash at Chittagong Airfield, Severe head injuries and fractured base of skull
Burial: Plot 1. A. 4. CWGC War Graves, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Parents: Robert McIntosh Hardy (Father) Gertrude Mae Hardy (Mother) (Siblings Bert, Con & Ian)
Memorials: Ian Griffiths Hardy's name is located at panel 123 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial
Contributor: Paul Cooney (51103677)
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Service number 420880
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Ian Griffiths HARDY RAAF
Service number: 420880
Born: 23 Mar 1923, Invercargill, New Zealand
Schooling: Neutral Bay Inter – High, North Sydney Boy's High
Religion: Methodist
Civil Employment: Commercial Traveller, Chemical Goods (Family Business R.M. Hardy & Co, 5 Hunter St Sydney NSW Australia - Offices around Australia, New Zealand and Singapore)
Home Address: "Conway" 24 Rickard Ave, Mosman, NSW, Australia
Home Town: Mosman NSW
Marital status: Single
Age on enlistment: 18 Years 8 Months
Place of enlistment: No. 2 Recruiting Centre, Palmer & Plunkett Sts, Woolloomooloo, NSW, Australia
Next of kin: Robert McIntosh Hardy (Father)
Attested into AIF: 6 Dec 1941
Final Rank: Warrant Officer
Final Unit: 30 Sqn
Embark from: Sydney 18 August 1942 for Canada
Fate: Killed 17 Nov 1944 Air Crash at Chittagong Airfield, Severe head injuries and fractured base of skull
Burial: Plot 1. A. 4. CWGC War Graves, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Parents: Robert McIntosh Hardy (Father) Gertrude Mae Hardy (Mother) (Siblings Bert, Con & Ian)
Memorials: Ian Griffiths Hardy's name is located at panel 123 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial
Contributor: Paul Cooney (51103677)
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Royal Australian Air Force
Service number 420880
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Ian Griffiths HARDY RAAF
Service number: 420880
Born: 23 Mar 1923, Invercargill, New Zealand
Schooling: Neutral Bay Inter – High, North Sydney Boy's High
Religion: Methodist
Civil Employment: Commercial Traveller, Chemical Goods (Family Business R.M. Hardy & Co, 5 Hunter St Sydney NSW Australia - Offices around Australia, New Zealand and Singapore)
Home Address: "Conway" 24 Rickard Ave, Mosman, NSW, Australia
Home Town: Mosman NSW
Marital status: Single
Age on enlistment: 18 Years 8 Months
Place of enlistment: No. 2 Recruiting Centre, Palmer & Plunkett Sts, Woolloomooloo, NSW, Australia
Next of kin: Robert McIntosh Hardy (Father)
Attested into AIF: 6 Dec 1941
Final Rank: Warrant Officer
Final Unit: 30 Sqn
Embark from: Sydney 18 August 1942 for Canada
Fate: Killed 17 Nov 1944 Air Crash at Chittagong Airfield, Severe head injuries and fractured base of skull
Burial: Plot 1. A. 4. CWGC War Graves, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Parents: Robert McIntosh Hardy (Father) Gertrude Mae Hardy (Mother) (Siblings Bert, Con & Ian)
Memorials: Ian Griffiths Hardy's name is located at panel 123 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial
Contributor: Paul Cooney (51103677)
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Service number 420880
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Ian Griffiths HARDY RAAF
Service number: 420880
Born: 23 Mar 1923, Invercargill, New Zealand
Schooling: Neutral Bay Inter – High, North Sydney Boy's High
Religion: Methodist
Civil Employment: Commercial Traveller, Chemical Goods (Family Business R.M. Hardy & Co, 5 Hunter St Sydney NSW Australia - Offices around Australia, New Zealand and Singapore)
Home Address: "Conway" 24 Rickard Ave, Mosman, NSW, Australia
Home Town: Mosman NSW
Marital status: Single
Age on enlistment: 18 Years 8 Months
Place of enlistment: No. 2 Recruiting Centre, Palmer & Plunkett Sts, Woolloomooloo, NSW, Australia
Next of kin: Robert McIntosh Hardy (Father)
Attested into AIF: 6 Dec 1941
Final Rank: Warrant Officer
Final Unit: 30 Sqn
Embark from: Sydney 18 August 1942 for Canada
Fate: Killed 17 Nov 1944 Air Crash at Chittagong Airfield, Severe head injuries and fractured base of skull
Burial: Plot 1. A. 4. CWGC War Graves, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Parents: Robert McIntosh Hardy (Father) Gertrude Mae Hardy (Mother) (Siblings Bert, Con & Ian)
Memorials: Ian Griffiths Hardy's name is located at panel 123 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial
Contributor: Paul Cooney (51103677)
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