Military service
Service number:
444792
Age:
21
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Division:
3rd Bn.
Birth:
March 28, 1897
Elmsdale, Prince Edward Island
Enlistment:
June 3, 1915
Sussex, New Brunswick
Death:
September 24, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. H. 45.
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Hardy.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Roy Austen Hardy
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Roy Austen Hardy of Tignish PEI
Taken in 1915, this photo shows Roy Hardy in Tignish PEI before he left for the war -
Taken in 1915 before parting for the war.
Taken in 1915 before parting for the war. -
Charlottetown Herald, October 1916
Roy Hardy was wounded at the Somme on 13 Sep 1916, at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette when a shell exploded and buried him in his dugout. -
Circumstances of Death
One of 62 victims of this air raid, 48 of whom were from the 3rd CMG Bn.
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Roy Austen Hardy
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Roy Austen Hardy
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Roy Austen Hardy
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Roy Austen Hardy
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 423 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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