GARDNER, Arthur Alexander
| Service Number: | 1918 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Woomelang, Yarriambiack, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 30 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Puchevillers British Cemetery, France Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 29. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Woomelang Banyan State School No 3487 Honor Board WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1918, 25th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 1918, 25th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 1918, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Arthur Alexander Gardner was born in Long Gully, Bendigo, Victoria in 1895. His father, James Gardner, died at Long Gully, Bendigo in 1906. His mother, Emily, remained at Long Gully and was living there in 1909. She married Robert Llewellyn in 1913.
Arthur Alexander Gardner enlisted at Nambour in Queensland during June 1915. He recorded his mother Mrs. R. Llewellyn, of Woomelang, Victoria as his next of kin. He was known as ‘Alex’ to his family.
On 12 October 1915, Private Gardner was taken on strength of 25th Battalion on the Gallipoli peninsula. In his first major action at Pozieres on the Western Front, Arthur ‘Alex’ Gardner suffered a gunshot wound to the head. He died next day at 44th Casualty Clearing Station, Puchevillers.
On 26 November 1919, Base Records informed Mrs. Llewellyn that the remains of her son had been exhumed and re-interred at Courcelette British Cemetery “with every measure of care and reverence”. In July 1920, Base Records supplied her photographs of the grave of her son, but Mrs Llewellyn herself had passed away. During September 1920, Gardner’s sister Ruby Clifton was ultimately provided with three photographs of her brother’s final resting place.
Ruby Clifton became entitled as next of kin to receive Arthur’s war service medals and other entitlements.
Arthur’s only brother, 3731 Pte. John Thompson Gardner 47th Battalion AIF, also enlisted in Queensland and was killed in action at Dernancourt at only 19 years of age on 5 April 1918.