GARDINER, Cedric Dalmahoy
| Service Number: | 2961 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Minyip, Victoria, Australia, January 1896 |
| Home Town: | Bondi, Waverley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Ashby Public School, Clarence River,New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Confectioner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maclean Public School Roll of Honour, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2961 | |
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| 30 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2961, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Sep 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2961, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 8 May 1916: | Promoted Lance Corporal, 53rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2961, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2961 awm_unit: 53rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-07-19 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Greg Towner
Born in Victoria but when his mother died in 1902 his father Dalmohy Gardiner remained in Sydney and Cedric went to live with Mr and Mrs J.C. Hough at Ashby on the north side of the Clarence River opposite Maclean, NSW. A Grafton newspaper item on 9 March 1910 describes Cedric as a lad breaking an arm when he fell from a milk cart he was driving. A subsequent item in the same newspaper on 13 September 1916 reported "All those who were acquainted with the bright little lad named Cedric Gardiner, who lived with Mr. & Mrs. J.C. Hough from childhood, will regret to learn there are fears of his death at the front." The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser via trove.nla.gov.au.
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