demobilised in the weeks immediately after the armistice. Death Hardcastle died in Randwick, New South Wales on 11 July 1944. He was buried at Botany Cemetery on 13 July 1944. Sources Whiticker, Alan & Hudson, Glen (2006) The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, Gavin Allen Publishing, Sydney Andrews, Malcolm (2006) The ABC of Rugby League Austn Broadcasting Corpn, Sydney Fagan, Sean (2005) Colonial Rugby, RL1908, Sydney http://www.colonialrugby.com.au Bill Hardcastle at the AIF Project References 1874 births New Zealand rugby union players New Zealand international rugby union players Australian rugby league players Dual-code rugby internationals Australian rugby union players Glebe rugby league players Australia national rugby league team players Australian soldiers Australian military personnel of World War I 1944 deaths Australia international rugby union players Queensland rugby league team players Rugby union flankers Burials at Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park Rugby union players from Wellington City