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GARDINER, Harold
| Service Number: | 4289 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 September 1916, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Milang, South Australia, 29 March 1899 |
| Home Town: | Meadows, Mount Barker, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Adelaide, South Australia, 27 April 1980, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia RSL Wall 110, Niche G006 |
| Memorials: | Meadows Boys Roll of Honour, Meadows War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4289, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, SA | |
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| 7 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 4289, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 4289, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide Botanic High School
Harold Gardiner was born on the 29th of March 1899 in Milang, a small town roughly 70km southeast of Adelaide. He grew up in Mount Barker, SA with his father and mother. Before he enlisted to the army, he helped his family on the farm. Harold enlisted on the 3rd of October 1914 at 15 years and 6 months old. Since this was too young, he lied and said he was 23 years and 9 months old, which was believable seeing as he was 5ft 9inch.
Harold arrived in Gallipoli as a part of the 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance Unit. Soon after this he was deported as a medical person to Lemnos, a Greek island used as a hospital for injured ANZACs who fought in Gallipoli. On the 10th of March 1915 he was moved to the Mena House in Cairo, another hospital, where he helped to operate on wounded soldiers. Here he moved between the Mena House, Heliopolis Racecourse, No.1 Outpost, Mudros, Alexandria and many other towns and cities in the Mediterranean area where he would continue to operate on injured soldiers. He would continue to move around the Middle East and Mediterranean with his unit to operate on soldiers. Eventually he would leave Zagazig, Egypt on the 30th of June 1919 to return to Australia.
Harold Gardiner returned to Australia in July 1919. He later passed aged 81 in Adelaide on the 27th of April 1980 and was buried in the Centennial Park Cemetery on the 30th of April 1980.
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