Australian soldier, recipient of the George Cross (1898–1944)
Benjamin Gower Hardy
Born
(1898-08-28)28 August 1898 Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia
Died
5 August 1944(1944-08-05) (aged 45) Cowra, New South Wales, Australia
Allegiance
Australia
Service/branch
Australian Army
Years of service
1941–1944
Rank
Private
Battles/wars
Second World War
Home Front
Cowra breakout †
Awards
George Cross
Gravestone at the Cowra War Cemetery
Benjamin Gower Hardy, GC (28 August 1898 – 5 August 1944), known as Ben Hardy,[1] was an Australian soldier who was posthumously awarded the George Cross for the gallantry he showed during the Cowra breakout, on 5 August 1944, when Japanese prisoners of war staged a mass escape from a prisoner-of-war camp at Cowra, New South Wales.
^Michael Ashcroft, George Cross Heroes, 2010
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