Hubert Checkley HARDWICKE

Surname: HARDWICKE
Christian Names: Hubert Checkley
Date & Place of Birth: 7th May, 1891, Lower Mitcham SA

Birth index

Given Name(s): Hubert Checkley
Last Name: HARDWICKE
Birth Date: 1891, May 0
Gender: M
Father: John HARDWICKE
Mother: Isabella Thomas CHECKLEY
Birth Place/Residence: Lower Mitcham
District: Adelaide
Book/Page: 478/473
Service Number: 2115
Service Unit: 12th Battalion
Date & Place of Enlistment: 18th March, 1915, Adelaide, Age 23
Profession prior to Enlistment: Farmer
Date of Return to Aust. & Date of Discharge: N/A
Nature of Casualty:
Date KIA: 24th July, 1916
Place KIA: France, Villers Bretonneux

Next of Kin (NOK) Address

Father: John Hardwicke (1860 - 24 Aug 1942)
Mother: Isabella Hardwicke (nee Checkley), Brighton SA (1858 - 2 Mar 1928)

Service

Gallipoli: Yes
France: Yes
Campaign Medals: 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Rank: Lance Corporal
Kingscote Monument Yes
Penneshaw Honour Board

KI Connection: 

(Farmer)

Resolved to be placed on Fallen Soldiers monument at Kingscote. District Council of Kingscote. (1925, September 19). The Kangaroo Island Courier (Kingscote, SA : 1907 - 1951), p. 2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article191554635

1914 resident Kangaroo Island Agricultural and Horticultural Society. (1914, November 7). The Kangaroo Island Courier (Kingscote, SA : 1907 - 1951), p. 4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article189514786

The Island friends of Lce.-Cpl. H. C. Hardwicke will regret to hear that he was killed in action in France on July 21. Previous to enlisting he was engaged in oil making at Cygnet River in partnership with Mr F. J. Hamilton, and was highly respected throughout the district. He was the second son of Mr and Mrs J. Hardwicke, of Brighton, and was 25 years of age.

PERSONAL. (1916, September 2). The Kangaroo Island Courier (Kingscote, SA : 1907 - 1951), p. 2.  http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article189504132

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A.I.F. Project https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=126859

Hubert Chickley HARDWICKE

http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=4968355&S=1 plus 46 more documents

Memorial to Hubert Checkley Hardwicke at Villers Bretonneux

Photo May 2017: Compliments of Gordon Ings ex RAAF

Descendants of :

John HARDWICKE

Generation 1

1. John HARDWICKE was born ABT 1860 and died 24 Aug 1942 in Burnside, SA. He married Isabella Thomas CHECKLEY. She was born ABT 1858 and died 02 Mar 1928 in Belair, SA.

Children of John HARDWICKE and Isabella Thomas CHECKLEY:
  i.   2.   John Newton HARDWICK was born 15 Jun 1885 in Kent Town, SA
  ii.     Ellen Mary HARDWICK was born 09 Oct 1887 in Mitcham, SA
  iii.     Hubert Checkey HARDWICKE was born 07 May 1891 in Lower Mitcham, SA and died 24 Jul 1916 in France, Villers Bretonneux

Generation 2 

2. John Newton HARDWICK was born 15 Jun 1885 in Kent Town, SA. He married Isabella Low LINDSAY 10 Apr 1913 in Alberton, SA.

Other events in the life of John Newton HARDWICK
Military: BET 16 Jan 1917 & 11 Nov 1918, No.3062 3rd Light Horse Reg.

Last updated: 24 April 2025