GARDNER, Edgar
| Service Numbers: | 3494, 3494B |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Stockport, South Australia , 1892 |
| Home Town: | Stockport, Clare and Gilbert Valleys, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Stockport Public School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Railway Porter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 10 August 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Heath Cemetery, Picardie Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Stockport Soldiers' Memorial Arch |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3494, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 12 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 3494, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 3494, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide | |
| 10 Aug 1918: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 3494B, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3494B awm_unit: 10 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-08-10 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 3494, 10th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by St Peter's Woodlands Grammar School
Edgar Gardner was born in 1892 in Stockport, South Australia. Before Edgar went to war he was a labourer. Edgar was killed in action on August the 10th 1918 and he was buried in Heath Cemetery, France.
His brother 7329 Private Hurtle Gardner died of illness at Keswick Military Hospital on 12 January 1916
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Lance-Corporal E. GARDNER, of the 10th Battalion, was killed in action in France on August 10. He was the fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. John Gardner, of Stockport. He enlisted in August, 1915, and sailed for the front in the following January. He spent the first few months in Egypt. On one occasion he was gassed, and he also had trench feet. Great sympathy is felt for the parents, as this is the second son who has given his life for King and country. Private Hurtle Gardner died in the Keswick Military Hospital a few days after Corporal Edgar Gardner had sailed for the front. Lance-Corporal Gardner was a
railway porter at Hamley Bridge.
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