GARDINER, Jack William
| Service Numbers: | 1019, 2333 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 September 1916, Claremont, Tas. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Railway Unit (AIF) |
| Born: | Forth, Tasmania, Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Forth, Devonport, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engine Cleaner |
| Died: | Devon Hospital, Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia, 9 November 1932, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Ulverstone General Cemetery, Tasmania S-20 R-I 28 |
| Memorials: | Forth Congregational Church Sunday School HR, Hobart Tasmanian Government Railways Great War Roll of Honour, Invermay Tasmanian Government Railways Great War Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1019, Railway Unit (AIF), Claremont, Tas. | |
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| 21 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2333, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2333, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Melbourne | |
| 29 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 1019, Railway Unit (AIF), HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle | |
| 29 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 1019, Railway Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John GARDINER, Forth, Tas
Military Medal
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 19
Date: 14 February 1918
The death occurred at the Devon Hospital, Latrobe, yesterday, of Mr. Jack Williams Gardiner, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Gardiner, of Ulverstone, at the age of 34 years. The late Mr. Gardiner was a brother of Messrs. Bob, Lou and Wally Gardiner, who aro well-known in Tasmanian athletic circles. He was born at Forth, where he spent his boyhood days. At an early age he entered the Tasmanian Railway Department, and for some years had been a railway engine driver in various parts of the State. During the Great War he served with the A.I.F. in France, where he won a decoration - the Military Medal for distinguished service.
The funeral will leave the Presbyterian Church, Ulverstone, at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon for tho Ulverstone general cemetery. The Ulverstone branch of tho R.S.L. is making a request to returned soldiers to attend.
GARDINER.-In loving memory of Jack William Gardiner, M.M., late A.I.F., who passed to rest on November 9, 1932.
Lovingly remembered: one of the best.
-Inserted by his father, mother and brothers.
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