HARDY, Daniel Charles Thomas
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
6351445
P.O.W. number:
6708
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Thursday, June 1, 1922
Birthplace:
Tottenham, London
Died :
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Age:
90
Daniel Charles Thomas Hardy enlisted into the Armed Forces on 29 June 1940, civil trade Motor Mechanic. He later volunteered from his Regiment for the Commandos.
Private Hardy, No.3 Commando, was reported missing 14 July 1943 during operations at Agnone, Sicily, and the bridge at Malati (3 Commando Bridge) and found to have been wounded (phosphorous burns to his neck) and a prisoner of war. He escaped twice but was recaptured. Liberated in May 1945. Post war emigrated to Australia.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/65 and 66.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/133/1.
Commando Association Lost Legion List 6.
Obituaries in Commando Veterans Association newsletter 25 (2012).
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