GARDINER, Raymond Aubrey
| Service Number: | 2325 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 38th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | 5 May 1891, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Coburg, Moreland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Sea Lake, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | School teacher |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2325, 38th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2325, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Andreena Hockley
Lance-Corporal Raymond A. Gardiner was killed in action on the 4th of October, 1917. He was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Gardiner, of 18 Chandos-street, Coburg.
He was born on the 5th of May, 1891. He first attended school at Sea Lake, afterwards removing to Bullumwaal. He was junior teacher at Bullumwaal in 1907, and at Wonthaggi in 1910. In 1912, he was head teacher at Holland's Branch, at Moyarra in 1913, and at Cocoroc in 1915-16.
He ceased duty on the 16th of July, 1916, sailed in October with reinforcements for the 38th Battalion, and, while in England, qualified as a musketry instructor.
He was a steady, industrious, sound teacher. His successor at Cocoroc wrote thus to the mother :" I did not know your son personally, but he has left behind him, as a result of his manly qualities, a very fine impression on parents and scholars alike. On all sides, nothing but words of praise and admiration have been expressed. I can assure you that you would be a proud mother if you could hear them."
Two other sons were with the A.I.F. - Lieutenant Reginald S. Gardiner, also a teacher, and Private Claude M. Gardiner. The father, Alexander Gardiner, was engaged on war work in England.
Source: The Education Department's Record of War Service, Victoria, 1914-1919.
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