Great War Dundee
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Michael Patrick Hargadon
Military Information
- Date of enlistment: January 1916
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: 22886
- Rank: Private
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Royal Scots Fusiliers
- Unit/Ship: 2nd Battalion
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death: 20
- Date of Death: 23.04.1917
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Arras Memorial
- Grave/Mem Ref no: Bay 5
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: 8 Hunter Street, Dundee
- Occupation: Labourer
- Mother:
Rose Hargadon, 8 Hunter St, Dundee
- Father:
Patrick Hargadon, 94 Blackness Rd, Dundee
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about Michael Patrick Hargadon
Michael has no known grave but is remembered on the Arras Memorial.
Michael Hargadon 22886 Royal Scots Fusiliers
MISSING DUNDEE SOLDIER.
Dundee soldier posted as missing in April, Private Michael Hargadon, Royal Scots Fusiliers. The intimation in regard to Private Hargadon has been received by his widowed mother, who resides at 8 Hunter Street, Dundee. The missing soldier, who is 21 years of age, enlisted in January, 1916, and had been over a year at the front. His mother received a field postcard from him on the 21st April—two days before the date on which he was missing—in which he stated that he was quite well. He was previously a labourer in the city.
Dundee Courier 14th June 1917
Additional information and image kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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