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VC495 William James Hardham
BORN 31 July 1876
DIED 12 April 1928 AGE 51
VC Won 28 January 1901 AGE 24
Place VC Won Near Naauwpoort
War/Campaign The Second Boer War
Name William James Hardham No. 11/661
VC Issue No. 495 Awards VC
Regiment 4th New Zealand Contingent
Later
Now Disbanded
Rank VC Won Farrier-Major
Rank End Of Career Major
Place Of Birth Wellington, New Zealand
Place Of Death Wellington, New Zealand
Buried/Location Ashes Karori Soldier's Cemetery, Old Karori Road, Karori, Wellington, New Zealand
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Circle O, Plot 20
Gazetted 4 October 1901
VC Presented 1 July 1902, Prince of Wales (later King George V), Horse Guards Parade, London, England
Memorials
Headstone, Karori Soldier's Cemetery, Old Karori Road, Karori, Wellington, New Zealand
Memorial at Returned Servicemen's Association HQ, Dunedin, New Zealand
Named on Victoria Cross Memorial, Queens Gardens, Dunedin, south Island, New Zealand
By The Way…
The only New Zealander to win a Victoria Cross in the 2nd Boer War
VC Held By
Queen Elizabeth II Army Memorial Museum, Waiouru, New Zealand
