Lord Richard Gardiner CASEY KG GCMG CH DSO MC PC

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CASEY, Richard Gardiner

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	1 January 1912, Enlisted in 1st King Edwards Horse C Squadron (University Squadron)
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	Headquarters Staff
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 29 August 1890
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Cumloden School, St. Kilda, Melbourne and Melbourne Grammar School
Occupation:	Engineer, Diplomat, Politician, Governor and Governor-General
Died:	Melbourne, Victoria, 17 June 1976, aged 85 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Macedon Cemetery
Memorials:

Non Warlike Service

1 Jan 1912:	Enlisted Other Commonwealth Forces, Lance Corporal, King Edward's Horse, Enlisted in 1st King Edwards Horse C Squadron (University Squadron)

World War 1 Service

14 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer
22 Oct 1914:	Involvement Lieutenant, Headquarters Staff, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: ''
22 Oct 1914:	Embarked Lieutenant, Headquarters Staff, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Peter Nemaric

Attestation papers for Commission in the 1st AIF state Military service as 1 year King Edwards Horse.

He joined the C Squadron (University Squadron) while at Trinity College Cambridge. Reference in "Casey" (W. J . Hudson Oxford University Press 1986)

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