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GARDINER, Heathcote Diggery
Personal Details
Service Number: | 24257 |
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Enlisted: | 12 April 1940 |
Last Rank: | Seaman |
Last Unit: | HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2 |
Born: | Plantagenet, Western Australia, 11 April 1923 |
Home Town: | Cranbrook, Cranbrook, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Station Hand |
Died: | Killed in Action, Indian Ocean, 20 November 1941, aged 18 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Carnarvon HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Carnarvon Walk of Remembrance, Cranbrook War Memorial, Cranbrook War Memorial Wall, Geraldton HMAS Sydney II Honour Roll, Geraldton HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Ordinary Seaman, 24257, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2 | |
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12 Apr 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Seaman, 24257 |
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