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Reginald William GARDNER

Regimental number7065
Place of birthWallingford, Buckinghamshire, England
SchoolPublic School Marlborough, Wallingofrd, England
Age on arrival in Australia20
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressRedfern, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinSister-in-Law, Mrs Hedwig Margaret Gardner, 245 Oxford Street, Sydney, NSWw
Previous military serviceServed ub British Navy, discharged due to sickness.
Enlistment date26 November 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name19th Battalion, 21st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/36/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 28 February 1918
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll34th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 8 August 1918
Place of death or woundingVaire Wood
Age at death21
Place of burialFouilloy Communal Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 3), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
123
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Annie GARDNER. Native of Warborough, Oxon, England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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