Edgar GARDNER

Regimental number3494
Place of birthStockport South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressStockport, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Ann Gardner, Stockport, South Australia
Enlistment date17 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 12 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 10 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot VII, Row B, Grave No. 19), Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
59
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Mary GARDNER, Stockport, South Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal