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Herman Gardiner

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Portrait of Lance Crorporal Heram Jardine [Gardiner], Auckland Weekly News, 30 December 1915. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19151230-39-25. Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Lance Crorporal Heram Jardine [Gardiner], Auckland Weekly News, 30 December 1915. Auckla …

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Herman AWMM
  • Surname
    Gardiner AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Herman Jardine AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 7/478 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    8 February 1891 AWMM Mataura, Southland AWMM
  • Date of birth
    1895 Public - Kathleen Joy - Direct descendant - 25 April 2019 - The Powley Connection by Jan Hart
  • Place of birth
    Mataura Public - Kathleen Joy - Direct descendant - 25 April 2019 - Family oral history
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Queenstown, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • William Gardiner (uncle), Leven Street, Invercargill, New Zealand AWMM
    • William was his father but he may have listed him as uncle when he changed his name to Jardine Public - Kathleen Joy - Direct descendant - 25 April 2019 - Family oral history
  • Relationship status
    Pre 14 December 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 7/478 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Otago, New Zealand AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Herman Gardiner was the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Gardiner, of Gladstone, Invercargill, New Zealand.

    Date of death may have been 6 August or 7 August 1915. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    6 August 1915 AWMM
    Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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    • Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM
    • Herman was my great uncle. He was remembered by family. Apparently he lied about his age so he could enlist. It is our privilege that people died for our freedom. Public - Maggie - Direct descendant - 25 April 2019 - family oral history

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  • Herman is my uncle and had to change his name to Jardine so he could fight for his country. He wrote a letter to his father apologising for his poor behaviour while in camp but promised that ‘if I die you won’t find a bullet in my back’. They didn’t hear from him again. He died at Chunuk Bair
    He was a much loved and remembered brother to my father Jim Gardiner
    Public - Kathleen Joy - Direct descendant - 25 April 2019
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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
10 July 2021Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
25 April 2019Kathleen JoyChristchurch Direct descendant
25 April 2019MaggieNorthland New ZealandDirect descendant

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