Amos Jesse GARDINER

GARDINER, Amos Jesse

Service Number: 687
Enlisted: 15 October 1914
Last Rank: Driver
Last Unit: 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born: Donnybrook, Western Australia, 1880
Home Town: Busselton, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Blacksmith
Died: Lung disease, atributed to war service, At home. Donnybrook, Western Australia, 14 June 1922
Cemetery: Donnybrook Cemetery, Western Australia
Memorials: Busselton War Memorial, Donnybrook Preston Road Board
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World War 1 Service

15 Oct 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 687, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
22 Dec 1914: Involvement Driver, 687, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914: Embarked Driver, 687, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Joy Dalgleish

5/09/1914- Completed Medical Examination Bunbury WA then joined 16th Battalion Helena Vale Wa as Private
3/02/1915- To Overseas Training Base Egypt ex Australia
12/04/1915- Embarked Alexandria Egypt with Mediterranean Expeditionary Forces for Gallipoli Peninsula
18/04/1915- Admitted No. 1 Australian Stationary Hospital Lemnos ( Influenza )
28/04/1915- Discharged from Hospital to Duty at Lemnos
8/08/1915- Evacuated/Admitted 17th General Hospital Alexandria Egypt
15/08/1915- Evacuated/ Admitted to King George Hospital Stamford Street England ( Severely sick with Pulmonary Tuberculosis )
6/10/1915- Transferred Pinewood Sanatorium Wokingham, Berkshire, England
19/01/1916- Embarked Portland England for Australia per ” Star of Victoria ”
23/02/1916- Disembarked Fremantle WA & Admitted to No. 8 Australian General Hospital Fremantle WA ( Tuberculosis of Lungs )
24/02/1916- Medical Board at Hospital found that the disease was caused by exposure & Infection whilst on Active Service .
25/09/1916 – Further Medical Board Report recommended Discharge as Permanently Unfit. Release approved from Hospital & Transfer to Details Camp for Discharge.
2/12/1916- Discharged from Service ( Medically Unfit) 

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