GARDINER, Arthur James
| Service Numbers: | 698, Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 22 September 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 17 September 1884 |
| Home Town: | Islington, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Cooks Hill Superior Public School, New South Wales |
| Occupation: | Clerk and Mayor (Waratah Council, 1920-1935) |
| Died: | Natural causes, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 15 July 1935, aged 50 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW Anglican_2; Section 122; Plot 55 |
| Memorials: | Cook's Hill Superior Public School , St Mark's HR Islington, Wickham "Citizens of Wickham" Volunteers Honour Roll, Willow Tree and District Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 698, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked 698, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement 698, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 6 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Quartermaster Sergeant, 698, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW thigh - compound fracture of fermur | |
| 14 May 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
| 27 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
| 2 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 698, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 2 May 1916: | Embarked Lieutenant, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
| 13 Mar 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 55th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
An Original Anzac who served twice during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
89 years ago today, on the Tuesday afternoon of the 16th July 1935, Lieutenant Arthur James Gardiner, 55th Battalion (Reg No-698), clerk and Mayor (Waratah Council, 1920-1935), from 30 Dent Street, Islington, New South Wales and 94 Maitland Road, Mayfield, N.S.W. and 119 Maitland Road, Mayfield, N.S.W., father of two, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 50. ANGLICAN 2-122. 55.
Born at North Sydney or St Leonards, New South Wales on the 7th September 1884 to Frederick Farr, died 4.8.1917, "Bronlee", Sutherland Street, Waratah, N.S.W., age 60, buried at ANGLICAN 1-34A. 49,
and Mary Elizabeth Gardiner nee Livermore, died 4.12.1926, age 65, mother of 5, from Sunderland & Rawson Streets, Mayfield, New South Wales, sleeping at ANGLICAN 2-122. 53; husband of Margaret Chisholm Gardiner nee Hann, married 1923, Redfern, N.S.W., died 1.8.1931, Wallsend Hospital, N.S.W., age 40, mother of 2 (Ronald James & Margaret), sleeping here, Arthur enlisted on the 22nd September 1914 with the 13th Battalion at Rosehill, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on board TRANSPORT A38 Ulysses on the 22nd December 1914.
Wounded in action - 4.5.1915 (BW, compound fracture of thigh whilst shifting stores to the front, Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli).
Commenced return to Australia 29.7.1915 (invalided).
Arthur arrived home on the 25th August 1915.
Reenlisted 27.1.1916, (34th Battalion) Sydney, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A20 Hororata on the 2nd May 1916.
Admitted to hospital 29.4.1917 (appendicitis, slight), 24.3.1918 (influenza).
Granted leave to England from 15.12.1918 to 4.1.1919.
Commenced return to Australia 23.6.1919.
Arthur arrived home on the 9th August 1919, being discharged on the 8th October 1919.
Mr. Gardiner’s name has been inscribed on the Cooks Hill Superior Public School Roll of Honour, Wickham Municipal District Roll of Honour Board (1) and the Islington St. Mark's Church Roll of Honour.
I have placed poppies at Arthur’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Founder & President of Nobbys Surf Club, N.S.W.
Younger brother Frederick George Livermore (M.M., born 29.5.1890, Newcastle, N.S.W., shoeing smith from 30 Dent Street, Islington, New South Wales, enlisted 26.8.1914, an Original Anzac, 1st Australian Field Artillery Brigade, Reg No-485, RTA 27.1.1919, Farrier/Corporal, died 18.12.1958, Hamilton, N.S.W., age 68, not officially commemorated,
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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