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Walter GARDINER

Regimental number1836
Place of birthHappy Valley South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address199 Clarke Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinWife, Mrs Nita Gardiner, 199 Clarke Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date14 February 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll7 June 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name37th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/54/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Orontes on 16 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll37th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialSt. Julien Dressing Station Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No. 4), Langemarck, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
128
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Native of Happy Valley, South Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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