Colin Maxwell GARDNER

GARDNER, Colin Maxwell

Service Number: SX712
Enlisted: 25 October 1939, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Born: Adelaide, South Australia, 6 December 1916
Home Town: Price, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Schooling: Price Public and Croydon Central Schools, South Australia
Occupation: Employed by Ocean Salt Co.
Died: Killed in Action, Milne Bay, PNG, Papua, 28 August 1942, aged 25 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Port Moresby Memorial, Port Moresby, Papua, Papua New Guinea
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Moresby (Bomana) Memorial, Price and District Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

25 Oct 1939: Involvement Private, SX712, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
25 Oct 1939: Enlisted Adelaide, SA
25 Oct 1939: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX712, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown: Involvement

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Biography

Son of Mr and Mrs SM Gardner, of Price. Educated at Price Public and Croydon Central Schools. Fond of football, cricket tennis and golf. Was Secretary of Cricket Club at time of enlistment, taking part in Cricket Carnivals in the country and in Adelaide. Also played with AIF in England in 1940. In civil life he was employed by Ocean Salt Co. Enlisted in October 1939 and left for overseas in May 1940. He served in Tobruk, Egypt and Syria, returning to Australia in March 1942. Killed in action on August 26 1942.

Information from The Personal Pictorial Honor Roll of South Australians who have enlisted in the Second World War.

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