Frank Leslie GARDNER

GARDNER, Frank Leslie

Service Number: 7179
Enlisted: 11 September 1917
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 17th Infantry Battalion
Born: Charles Town, North Queensland, Australia, 3 November 1890
Home Town: Bondi, Waverley, New South Wales
Schooling: Subiaco State School, Perth, Western Australia
Occupation: Factory hand
Died: Illness - Oedema of Lungs, Military Hospital, Fovant, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, 7 March 1918, aged 27 years
Cemetery: Fovant (St. George) Churchyard
Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 3 Inscription: In Memory Of The Dearly Loved Son Of Mr & Mrs A. L. Gardner, Of Bondi, Fovant (St George) Churchyard, Fovant, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

11 Sep 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7179, 17th Infantry Battalion
31 Oct 1917: Involvement Private, 7179, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
31 Oct 1917: Embarked Private, 7179, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland 

Died on this date – 7th March……Private Frank Leslie Gardner was born at Charles Town, North Queensland on 3rd November, 1890.

He attended Subiaco State School, Perth, Western Australia.

On 10th September, 1917 Frank Leslie Gardner enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) as a 26 year old, single, Factory Hand from Bondi, NSW.
Private Frank Leslie Gardner, Service Number 7179, embarked from Sydney on HMAT Euripides (A14) on 31st October, 1917 with 21st Reinforcements of 17th Battalion & disembarked at Devonport, England on 26th December, 1917.

Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
He was marched in to 5th Training Battalion at Fovant, Wiltshire from Australia on 27th December, 1917.

On 7th March, 1918 Private Gardner was sent sick to Hospital at Fovant, Wiltshire. He was placed on the seriously ill list.

Private Frank Leslie Gardner died at 12.30 pm on 7th March, 1918 at Military Hospital, Fovant, Wiltshire, England from Oedema of Lungs.

He was buried in St George’s Churchyard, Fovant, Wiltshire, England where 43 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.

(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/a---g.html

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