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- in Toller Porcorum
- in Basra
- in Maiden Newton

Johnathan Hardy

b.Est 1886 Toller Porcorum, Dorset, England

d.11 Sep 1916

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Name	Johnathan Hardy
Gender	Male
Birth`^?`	Est 1886	Toller Porcorum, Dorset, England
Census`^?`	1891	Toller Porcorum, Dorset, EnglandToller Cliff, Scholar
Census`^?`	1901	Maiden Newton, Dorset, EnglandAgricultural Labourer, Ploughboy
Military`^?`	11 Sep 1916	Private. 2301, 1st /4th Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment.
Death`^?`	11 Sep 1916	Died of Wounds.
Burial`^?`		Basra, Basra, IraqNo known grave.

The Basra Memorial bears the names of more than 40,500 members of the Commonwealth forces who died in the operations in Mesopotamia from the autumn of 1914 to the end of August 1921 and whose graves are not known. 1st /4th Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment, was raised as part of the 43rd (Wessex) Division and then became part of the 15th Indian Division which was formed in Mesopotamia in 1916. Although the Battalion was not involved in many actions it is probable that Private J.Hardy was killed during the Action of As Sahikan on 11th September 1916.

Jonathan Hardy was born in Maiden Newton and enlisted in Dorchester whilst living in the village.

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