Lord Richard Gardiner CASEY KG GCMG CH DSO MC PC

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
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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)