Gardiner, Reginald Scott (Lieutenant) Accession Number: 1DRL/0304

Description

Collection relating to service of Lieutenant Reginald Scott Gardiner, 55 Battalion, Gallipoli, 1914-1915. Collection consists of typewritten extracts of Gardiner's letters to his mother, describing his experiences on board ship, at Lemnos, and on the Gallipoli Peninsula.

Contextual Description

Biographical note: Reginald Scott Gardiner was born in Casterton Victoria in 1893. He was a school teacher before enlisting in AMC, AIF, 25 August 1914 as clerk to the ADHS 1st Australian Division. Served in Gallipoli from the landing to the evacuation and was afterwards employed in the office of the DMS, AIF, in Cairo and London. He was recommended for Mention is Despatches, 27 November 1916.

Details

Accession Number
1DRL/0304
Classification
Private Record
Object Type
Letter
Measurement
1 wallet: 1 cm
Date Made
1923
Place Made
Whole/Part
Collection
Item Count
11
Access
Open
Copying Provisions
Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Provenance
Unknown
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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