GARDINER, Amos Jesse
| Service Number: | 687 |
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| 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 Cenotaph Victoria Square, Busselton Rotary Park of Remembrance Memorial Walk, Donnybrook Preston Road Board |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 687, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
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| 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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Add my storyBiography 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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