GARDINER, Austin Herbert Dickson
| Service Number: | 406561 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 February 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Royal Australian Air Force |
| Born: | Perth, Western Australia, 6 February 1918 |
| Home Town: | Crawley, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Accidental (Ground Accident), Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 23 November 1942, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Townsville War Cemetery, Queensland, Australia A .B. 16. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 406561 | |
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| 3 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 406561 | |
| 23 Nov 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 406561, Royal Australian Air Force, North Eastern Area - Townsville |
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Austin Herbert Dickson GARDINER was born in Perth, Western Australia on 6th February, 1918
His parents were David GARDINER & Isabella Thomson WILLIAMSON
He married Betty Jean GEIGER in St Marys Church in Colin St. West Perth on 4th November, 1942
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3 of his brothers also served during WW2
1. George Alan GARDINER ( WX3333) Captain with the 2/3 Machine Gun Battalion & Prisoner of War - discharged 3rd April, 1946
2. Lionel Walton GARDINER ( SN F3168) Able Seaman on the HMAT Stawell in the Royal Australian Navy - discharged 23rd January, 1946
3. David Alexander GARDINER ( SN WX27910) Lance Corporal with the 11th Infantry Battalion - discharged 17th January, 1946
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Son of David and Esabela Gardiner of Perth, WA
Husband of Betty Jean Gardiner of Crawley, WA
Flight Sergeant Austin Herbert Dickson Gardiner 406561 of Headquarters North Eastern Area accidentally drowned at Townsville
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