David GARDNER

GARDNER, David

Service Number: 3880
Enlisted: 26 February 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank: Sapper
Last Unit: 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company)
Born: Collingwood, Victoria, Australia, 1874
Home Town: Bittern, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 3 February 1917
Cemetery: Spoilbank Cemetery, Zillebeke, Belgium
Plot 1, Row N, Grave 5, Spoilbank Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

26 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 3880, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Enlisted at Melbourne
25 May 1916: Involvement Sapper, 3880, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
25 May 1916: Involvement Sapper, 3880, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
25 May 1916: Embarked Sapper, 3880, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Melbourne
25 May 1916: Embarked Sapper, 3880, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Melbourne
3 Feb 1917: Involvement Sapper, 3880, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3880 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1917-02-03

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Full name was David Arthur Gardner but enlisted as David Gardner

Husband of Annie Gardner of 75 Nelson Road, South Melboune formerly of Bittern, Victoria. Father of George J. Gardner and David Gardner

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal