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HARDING

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BOWERING & CLARKE GROUP 1923

REAR L -R:- VERA HARDING, RAYMOND, ELLA KELLY (NEE CLARKE), CHERRY BURDEN

FRONT FANNY BOWERING.

THIS MAY HAVE BEEN ELLA’S FIRST VISIT HOME AFTER MARRYING AN AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER ON 9 AUGUST 1919 IN THE METHODIST CHURCH, HIGH STREET PORTLAND.

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FREDERICK HARDING IN VAN. FRED LIVED AT GROVE FIELDS

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GERALD HARDING IN 1942.

HE SURVIVED A BOMB HIT ON HIS HOME IN 14 AUGUSTA ROAD THE GROVE 12.04.1941. 

HIS MUM KATHLEEN, HIS DAD FREDERICK , HIS SISTER RACHEL  & MR MCIVER THE LODGER WERE ALL KILLED.  GERALD WAS BROUGHT UP BY SARAH WHITE BURGESS & DAUGHTER ANN IN WYKE REGIS. 

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BABY RACHEL HARDING WAS KILLED BY A BOMB HIT ON 14 AUGUSTA ROAD THE GROVE 12.04.1941.