Hettie Maud GARDINER

GARDINER, Hettie Maud

    Service Number: AANS
    Enlisted: 26 April 1915, Place of enlistment - Adelaide, South Australia
    Last Rank: Sister
    Last Unit: Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)
    Born: 21 September 1879, place not yet discovered
    Home Town: Semaphore, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Nurse
    Died: 31 July 1958, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Mitcham Anglican Cemetery, South Australia
    Plot 0479
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    World War 1 Service

    26 Apr 1915: Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, AANS, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, Place of enlistment - Adelaide, South Australia
    15 May 1915: Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, AANS, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, Embarked on RMS Mooltan from Sydney on 15th May 1915. Service record does not indicate where Nurse Gardiner initially disembarked however, on 27th January 1916 she disembarked from the HMT Oxfordshire at Alexandria, Egypt from Mudros, Greece.
    1 Feb 1916: Transferred Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1),

  • February 1916 - posted to 3rd Australian General Hospital, Abbassia Egypt
  • 17th July 1916 - admitted to 3rd Australian General Hospital with Rubella. Discharged on 26th July 1916.
  • 25th September 1916 - embarked from Alexandria, Egypt, disembarking Brighton, England on 5th October 1916 posted to 3rd Australian General Hospital
  • 11th April 1917 - proceeded to France from Southampton
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    5 May 1917: Promoted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister
    7 May 1917: Transferred Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1),
  • 7th May 1917 - posted to 1st South African General Hospital, Abbeville France
  • 6th June 1917 - posted to 3rd Australian General Hospital
  • 9th June 1917 - posted to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Abbeville
  • 21st November 1917 - posted to 45th Australian Casualty Clearing Station
  • 27th December 1917 - posted to 25th General Hospital
  • 28th March 1918 - admitted to hospital in Boulogne with Myalgia, discharged on 16th April 1918 and re-joined unit
  • 26th February 1919 - posted to 2nd Australian General Hospital, Southall England
  • 13th March 1919 - posted to 2nd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Southall
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    28 Feb 1919: Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, AANS, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Embarked for return to Australia on HMT Plassy on 28th February 1919, disembarking Adelaide on 28th April 1919.
    28 Jul 1919: Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, AANS, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)

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    Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

    Daughter of Robert Edward and Mary (nee HALSE) GARDINER, sister of Mr. H GARDINER

    Married Charles Alfred GILLHAM in 1923

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