GAINER, Robert Edward
| Service Number: | 2082 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 December 1916, Tamworth, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Woolloomooloo, New South Wales, Australia, 1901 |
| Home Town: | Stockton, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Accidental (industrial), 18 Asher Street, Georgetown, New South Wales, Australia, 11 January 1937 |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 4-04. 42. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Dec 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2082, Tamworth, New South Wales | |
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| 3 Feb 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2082, Camel Corps, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Karmala embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 3 Feb 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2082, Camel Corps, RMS Karmala, Sydney | |
| 11 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2082, 15th Light Horse Regiment |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, now resting peacefully at Sandgate Cemetery.
84 years ago today, on the Wednesday afternoon of the 13th January 1937, Private Robert Edward Gainer, 15th Australian Light Horse Regiment (Reg No-2082), labourer from Tamworth, New South Wales and 18 Asher Street, Georgetown, N.S.W., father of two (Joan and June), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 35. METHODIST 4-04. 42.
Born at Woolloomooloo, New South Wales (1901?-place and date unconfirmed) to John and Eliza Gainer; husband of Leila Irene Gainer nee Evans? (married?, died 1954), Robert enlisted December 1916 with the Camel Corps, General Reinfs, May 1916 - November 1917 at Tamworth, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 11.11.1917 (lymphangitis), Robert returned home August 1919, being discharged on the 11th December 1919.
I have not located Mr Gainer’s name inscribed on any known War Memorial or Roll of Honour.
The tragic circumstances of Robert’s death was reported.
There is no indication on Robert’s headstone that he served with the 1st A.I.F., so I have placed poppies to honour his sacrifice for God, King and Country.
Lest We Forget.
Biography contributed by John Edwards
"KILLED INSTANTLY. Steel Worker Crushed. STRUCK BY RUNNER.
Robert Gainer, 30, of Asher-street, Georgetown, was killed almost instantly when he was crushed beneath a container used for transporting molten metal, known as a ranner, in the steel foundry at the Broken Hill Pty. Co. Ltd.'s works at Port Waratah, yesterday afternoon. Gainer, who was a married man, with two children, was walking across the foundry, dragging a wire sling rope, which it is believed, caught on the runner as he was passing. The runner, which weighs 21 cwt., rolled on to him, pinning his head and shoulders to the ground. He was released as quickly as possible, but life was pronounced extinct when he was taken to the works ambulance station. The body was subsequently conveyed to the morgue by Newcastle ambulance." - from the Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate 12 Jan 1937 (nla.gov.au)
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