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209352 Pte. John Hardie Australian Imperial Force 33rd Btn. from:Grong Grong My Dad, Jack Hardie was a Lewis Gunner and saw action at Passendale, Abbeville, Armentires, La Bassiville, Ypres, Messines and Cashy-Villers Bretonneux. He was wounded by shell fire and was invalided home on eve of victory. He died in 1947 of cancer in a kidney which had been damaged in action as gas was present. He had been hospitalised twice before the "homer", but went back in on recovery. He told us he had refused promotion and spoke of climbing a building in Cachy to fly a French flag they had recovered from mud, just to annoy the enemy. He never forgot the sorrow of an astounding victory, where a naive attack by the enemy failed, and "We mowed them down in hundreds, and they were only lads". Jack's full story is in the National War memorial, on Red Cross paper, written down while in hospital in England. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please put first part of your email, (before the @ sign) in the first box, and the second part in the second box. Do not include @, it is automatic. Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**