b. 1922 East Finchley, London. d. 12/03/1944 off Madras, India.
DATE OF AM ACTION: 12/03/1944 off Madras, India.
George McHardy AM
He was the son of Robert and Janet McHardy from East Finchley, Middlesex, and married Ingeborg ? shortly before his death.
AM CITATION:
When an aircraft,crashed while landing on H.M.S. Illustrious and came to rest with the engine on the flight deck and the tail on top of a pom-pom gun, petrol began ,to pour from the wreck and within.two minutes an explosion was followed by fire. Within those two minutes Sub-Lieutenant McHardy, who had himself only just landed on, and Sick Berth Attendant Griffiths, who was a member of a party detailed for medical duties on the flight deck, climbed on to the aircraft in an attempt to free .the pilot, although both were well aware of the extreme risk they were running. They were killed by the explosion that followed.
BURIAL LOCATION: MADRAS WAR CEMETERY, MADRAS, INDIA.
PLOT VI, ROW A, GRAVE 2.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: UNKNOWN.
