The late Major W. J. Hardham, V.C., the first New Zealander to win the Victoria Cross. Major Hardham's Cross was awarded for conspicuous gallantry under fire during the South African War, when he was only twenty-one. When the Great War broke out Major Hardham went to the front again, where he served with distinction, and was mentioned several times in despatches. He was finally invalided to New Zealand as the result of war wounds, and died, partly as a result of those wounds, two years ago in Wellington
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 22, 24 November 1939, Page 3
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88The late Major W. J. Hardham, V.C., the first New Zealander to win the Victoria Cross. Major Hardham's Cross was awarded for conspicuous gallantry under fire during the South African War, when he was only twenty-one. When the Great War broke out Major Hardham went to the front again, where he served with distinction, and was mentioned several times in despatches. He was finally invalided to New Zealand as the result of war wounds, and died, partly as a result of those wounds, two years ago in Wellington New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 22, 24 November 1939, Page 3
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