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• Name GARDNER
• Initials WJ
• First name WILLIAM JOHN
• Place of birth Wagga Wagga
• Country New South Wales, Australia
• Family Son of Peter and Emily Gardner, of Lynott St., Werribee, Victoria, Australia
• Profession Labourer

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Enlisted 19 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• Service number 1243
• Rank Trooper
• Medals 1914-1915 Star Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
• Regiment and unit 2nd Australian Light Horse
• National force A.I.F.
• Other data related to military career Served with 69th Infantry, Citizens Military Forces, prior to enlistment; embarked 27 September 1915; to France March 1916

Death

• Wounded 7 May
• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds both thighs; N°3 Can CCS
• Date of death 9 May 1917
• Died at the age of 23
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XII - A - 42A

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