GARDNER, James Andrew
| Service Numbers: | W90560, W90560, WX37318 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 October 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer Class 2 |
| Last Unit: | Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
| Born: | Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, 3 March 1914 |
| Home Town: | Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Christian Brothers College, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Mechanical Engineer |
| Died: | Brookton, Western Australia, 3 November 1982, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 26 Oct 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W90560 | |
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| 4 Feb 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W90560 | |
| 5 Feb 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, WX37318 | |
| 29 Nov 1944: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, 5 Base Ordnance Depot | |
| 18 Jan 1945: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | |
| 14 May 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, WX37318, ex Brisbane for Torokina per Katoomba | |
| 14 Dec 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, WX37318, ex Torokina for Brisbane per Westralia | |
| 20 Dec 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, WX37318 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Warrant Officer II James Andrew Gardner (Service No:WX37318) initially served in the ACMF as a Private (Service No:W90560) with 5 Tank Workshop Coy - classified Fitter. Private Gardner enlisted in the AIF on 5 February 1943 - reclassified Toolmaker - and was promoted that year to Corporal and Sergeant. On 29 November 1944 he was promoted to WOII and served with 5 Base Workshop and 6 Mechanical Equipment Workshop. WOII Gardner completed the Armed Artillery Equipment Course with Distinction at the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering in February 1945. WOII Gardner served in New Guinea (Torokina and Bougainville) from 14 May 1945 to 14 December 1945 and was attached to 6 Australian Mechanical Equipment Workshop AEME at Discharge on 20 December 1945.
Born in Kalgoorlie WA in 1914, Jim was second of five children of George Alexander Gardner (b1876 in Deniliquin, NSW) and Rose Mary Mahony (b1893 in Woodend, Victoria). George (a Miner) and Rose (a Waitress) married in 1911 in Kalgoorlie, WA where they settled and raised their family and George worked as a Pressman until his death in 1928. Rose had moved to Fremantle by 1930 when she remarried to James Arthur Compston (WWI; Service No:253).
Jim worked in Coolgardie as a Mechanic and Oxy Welder and in 1934 in Fremantle married Gertrude (Judy) Emily Truran (b1912 in Geraldton, WA). Jim and Judy settled in Kalgoorlie where they raised their family and Jim worked as a Maintenance Engineer. Following Judy's death in 1959, Jim remained in Kalgoorlie and remarried - Audrey Rhoda Martin (b1915 in Boulder, WA) - Audrey worked in Kalgoorlie as a Clerk and Bookkeeper. In the early 1960s Jim and Audrey moved to Rocky Hill Farm in Brookton where Jim was a Farmer. Jim died in 1982 and Audrey in 1989.
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