Frederick GARDNER

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GARDNER, Frederick

Service Number:	1863
Enlisted:	11 May 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, Vic., 1898
Home Town:	Bairnsdale, East Gippsland, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter and Joiner
Died:	Died of wounds, Belgium, 28 September 1917
Cemetery:	Ypres Reservoir Cemetery I F 34, Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bairnsdale Picnic Point Fallen Soldiers Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

11 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1863, 3rd Pioneer Battalion
28 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 1863, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
28 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 1863, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
28 Sep 1917:	Involvement Private, 1863, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1863 awm_unit: 4th Australian Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-28

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Frederick I. and Annie Gardner, of Goold St., Bairnsdale, Victoria

Pte. Frederick Gardner, only son or Mr and Mrs F. I. Gardner, of Bairnsdale, died of wounds on the 28th September, 1917, somewhere in France. He was a native of Bendigo, but had lived most of his life at Bairnsdale, where he enlisted on the 11th June, 1916. He was a carpenter by occupation.

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