GARDINER, Frederick Norbert
| Service Number: | 229 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 11 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, 26 March 1887 |
| Home Town: | Manilla, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miller |
| Died: | Wickham, New South Wales, Australia, 4 November 1936, aged 49 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 2-38. 54. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 229, 36th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 13 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 229, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 13 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 229, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 4 Nov 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 9th Machine Gun Company | |
| 20 Jan 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 229, 9th Machine Gun Company, GSW right hip, right shoulder and scalp, slight, Pte Gardiner was invalided home January 1918 suffering from GSW skull and shell shock. | |
| 10 Apr 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 229, 9th Machine Gun Company, MD due to wounding (20/1/1917) and shell shock |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Steve Larkins
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
A forgotten digger of The Great War and Sandgate Cemetery.
83 years ago, on the Wednesday afternoon of the 4th November 1936, Private Frederick Norbert Gardiner, known as Norb, 9th Australian Machine Gun Company, flour miller (Manilla Milling Company), of Arthur Street, Manilla, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 49. CATHOLIC 2-38. 54.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134689850
Born at Wollongong, New South Wales on the 26th March 1887 to William and Annie M Gardiner, Norb enlisted March 1916 with the 36th Battalion at Manilla, N.S.W.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article193575551
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article193574045
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article193574065
Wounded in action - 20.1.1917 (GSW right hip, right shoulder and scalp, slight), Mr Gardiner was invalided home January 1918 suffering from GSW skull and shell shock.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article191443388
Norb has been remembered on the Manilla and District Soldiers Honor Roll and the Manilla Patriotic Football Club's Roll of Honour.
Mr Gardiner had been resting in an unmarked grave, forgotten, so I have placed a cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite, taken a photo of the grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=418498#grave-photo-1
Older brother George Wallace (Reg No-2313, 33rd Bn, born 1886, died 16.10.1935, location unknown, not resting at Sandgate Cemetery as per database, presumably clerical error) also served 1st A.I.F.
I will be submitting an application for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque, curbing and marble chip very soon.
Lest We Forget.
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
“We Once were Lost, but Now are Found”.
The Gardiner brothers, George Wallace Gardiner, 33rd Battalion (Reg No-2313) and younger brother Frederick Norbert Gardiner, 9th Australian Machine Gun Company (Reg No-229, 36th Battalion), from Arthur Street, Manilla, New South Wales and 218 Hannell Street, Wickham, N.S.W., who were resting together in an unmarked grave at Sandgate Cemetery, are now officially commemorated with a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque, curbing and marble chip.
Wooden crosses erected - 28.7.2019 and 23.11.2019.
Honour and dignity restored.
Many thanks to Phil Winney and members of Merewether - Hamilton - Adamstown sub-Branch for the purchase of death certificates.
Lest We Forget.
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