Claude Earnest Hardaker

Lance Sergeant

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Benjamin Thomas Hardaker and of Ada Hardaker (nee Underhill), of Cooma, New South Wales, Australia.

References:

CWGC

WW2 RoH

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

"At 10 a.m. news was received that Petrol Company detachment's AA truck had been involved in a collision with an Indian vehicle, resulting in the death of Lance-Sergeant C. E. Hardaker, and injuries to Drivers H. A. Billing, S. Fraser and B. U. Stanger. Sergeant Hardaker was buried in the British military cemetery near Matruh, attended by a small party from Divisional Supply Company, and with Padre Holland officiating.”

[extract from Petrol Company, A. L. Kidson, Historical Publications Branch, 1961, Chapter 11]

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Casualty

Service Number:

6426

Name:

Claude Earnest Hardaker

Rank:

Lance Sergeant

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Birth - Unverified:

18th November 1908

Place of Birth:

Australia

Next of Kin:

Mrs A. Hardaker (mother), Tathree, New South wales, Australia

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Enlistment Address:

33 Roy Street, Wellington, New Zealand

Occupation on Enlistment:

Unemployed

Unit:

New Zealand Army Service Corps

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Accidental death

Date of Death:

27 June 1942

Day of Death:

Saturday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 2nd Echelon

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

El Alamein War Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

XXX. F. 12.

Cemetery Location:

Egypt