GARDNER, Thomas Hamilton
| Service Numbers: | 517, Q164740 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 October 1914, Winton, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Staff Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Convalescent Depots |
| Born: | Stonehouse, England, 13 September 1889 |
| Home Town: | Winton, Winton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Baker |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 7 February 1963, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium 10, Section 18 |
| Memorials: | Queensland Garden of Remembrance (Pinnaroo), Qld, Winton & District Roll of Honour WW1, Winton Waltzing Matilda Centre Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 517, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Winton, Qld. | |
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| 21 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 517, 5th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 517, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Persic, Sydney |
World War 2 Service
| 17 Oct 1939: | Involvement Staff Sergeant , Q164740 | |
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| 17 Oct 1939: | Enlisted | |
| 17 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, Q164740, Convalescent Depots, Brisbane, Qld. | |
| 17 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, Q164740 | |
| 11 Aug 1943: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of James and Elizabeth Hamilton GARDNER, 66 New Street, Stonehouse, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Husband of M E GARDNER, 32 Eldridge Street, Toowong, Brisbane, Qld.
During fighting at Gallipoli he was serverly wounded and lost his right eye and 1st finger on his right hand. He was invalided back to Australia in Feburary 1916.
In 1917 Thomas married Margaret (Maggie) Keillor and they had one daughter. The family lived at The Summitt near Stanthorpe, and later had a dairy farm at Allora. In c1936 they were living in Brisbane and had a small Casket agency.
Tom enlisted for home service in WW2, and his nephew remembers him immaculate in his uniform. He also remembers him playing cards, shuffling and dealing with his mutilated hand and used to put his glass eye in a glass of water overnight, and his wife would tell the nephews and nieces to behave, as Uncle tom was watching them, even when he was asleep!
Tom and Maggie retired to Margate on the Redcliffe Peninsula, where Tom played bowls and worked part time at a shop at the beach.
He died in Brisbane in 1963 aged 74 years. In 1967 Maggie wrote re the Gallipoli medal from their Redcliffe address - 46 King Street, Woody Point, Redcliffe.
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