GARDNER, John Nelson
| Service Numbers: | W50308, W50308,, WX42489 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 June 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16 Infantry Battalion AMF |
| Born: | Fremantle, Western Australia, 25 April 1910 |
| Home Town: | Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Storekeeper |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, 24 July 1997, aged 87 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 16 Jun 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W50308, 16 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
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| 8 Jan 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W50308, 16 Infantry Battalion AMF, embarked Darwin for Jacquinot Bay per Swarten Hand | |
| 11 Jul 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W50308,, 16 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
| 12 Jul 1945: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX42489, 16 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
| 12 Feb 1946: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX42489, 16 Infantry Battalion AMF, embarked Rabaul for Brisbane per Vito | |
| 26 Jun 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX42489, 16 Infantry Battalion AMF |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private John Nelson Gardner (Service Nos:WX42489/W50308) initially enlisted in the ACMF on 16 June 1942 and served with 16th Infantry Battalion in Darwin NT (24 March 1943 - 23 December 1944). Private Gardner embarked from Darwin, NT on 8 January 1945 for Jacquinot Bay on board the Swartzen Hand with 16th Infantry Battalion. He enlisted in the AIF 'in the Field' on 12 July 1945 and served with 16th and 37/52 Infantry Battalions in New Guinea before embarking from Rabaul for Brisbane on 12 February 1946 on board the Vito. Private Gardner was attached to 16th Infantry Battalion at Discharge on 26 June 1946.
Born in 1910 in Fremantle WA, Jack was second of five children of George Dinely Gardner (b1867 in Warwickshire, England) and Catherine (Kate) Elizabeth Seagrove (b1871 in London, England). George (an Insurance Agent) and Kate married in 1908 in Perth, WA and lived in Fremantle and Perth where George was an Insurance Agent and Motorman.
Jack was a Storekeeper in Kalgoorlie, WA prior to his enlistment in the Army, and settled in Perth following his Discharge. He worked as a Storekeeper - living with his mother and brother in Perth, and following his mother's death in 1953, Jack and his brother Bill lived together until the late 1960s. Jack was a Storekeeper until the late 1950s and then worked as a Mowing Contractor. Jack died in 1997.
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