GARDNER, Albert Edward
| Service Numbers: | 3067, 1130 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 58th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Carngham, Victoria, Australia, 1885 |
| Home Town: | Snake Valley, Pyrenees, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 12 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Singleton Camberwell Honour Roll, Singleton War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Wallinduc War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3067, 8th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 29 Sep 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3067, 8th Infantry Battalion | |
| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1130, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1130, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 12 May 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 3067, 58th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3067 awm_unit: 58th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-05-12 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Albert Gardner was the son of Edward Benjamin and Sarah Ann Gardner, of Snake Valley, Victoria. He was one of 8 children, three of whom died serving with the AIF during WW1.
Albert enlisted with the 8th Battalion and transferred to the 58th Battalion in Egypt during March 1916. He fought at Fromelles and was severely wounded in the thigh which meant an evacuation to England. He did not return to the 58th Battalion in France until late December 1916. During the fighting at second Bullecourt, he was killed in action and a note in his file says he was buried in the field, in the vicinity of Bullecourt. His grave was subsequently lost.
His two younger brothers, 1297 Pte. Herbert Benjamin Gardner 39th Battalion AIF, died of wounds 21 February 1917, and 5091 Pte. Alfred Morris Gardner 8th Battalion was killed in action 9 August 1918, aged 22.
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