Richard Job GARDINER

GARDINER, Richard Job

Service Number: 593
Enlisted: 18 August 1914
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 7th Infantry Battalion
Born: Carlton, Victoria, Australia, August 1894
Home Town: Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Striker
Died: Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 22 March 1982, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Altona Memorial Park, Victoria
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World War 1 Service

18 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 593, 7th Infantry Battalion
19 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 593, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
19 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 593, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
30 Apr 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 7th Infantry Battalion
8 May 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 593, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW to Shoulder
8 Aug 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 593, 7th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, bomb wound to left forearm
19 Mar 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 7th Infantry Battalion
5 Aug 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 7th Infantry Battalion
24 Apr 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 593, 7th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, GSW to back
25 Mar 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 593, 7th Infantry Battalion, 3rd MD, medically unfit

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AWM Summary/Biography

Sgt Richard Job Gardiner was born in Carlton, Victoria. Prior to the First World War he was a blacksmith's striker. On 18 August 1914, Gardiner enlisted with the 7th Infantry Battalion at Footscray, Victoria. He was 20 years old. Gardiner embarked on the HMAT Hororata at Melbourne on 19 October 1914 and disembarked at Alexandria on 5 April 1915. He was wounded in action on three separate occasions. The first time Gardiner was wounded was on the Gallipoli Peninsula on 22 May 1915. The second time was again at Gallipoli, on 8 September 1915 during the battle of Lone Pine. The third time he was wounded was in France on 22 April 1917. Gardiner returned to Australia on 20 October 1918. Richard Gardiner died on 22 March 1982.

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