Gardner, Robert Augustin

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B.Sc., M.B., Ch.M.; D.M.R.E. (Camb.): Captain, A.A.M.C., A.N. and M.E.F., New Guinea. Volunteered for A.I.F. in 1915. Mobilised to A.A.M.C. in March, 1917, and posted to No. 4 Australian General Hospital, Randwick. Transferred to Trial Bay Prisoner of War Camp in January, 1918, and to Rabaul Native Hospital in March. Subsequently was District Medical Officer at Kieta (Solomon Is.) and Madang until demobilisation. Awarded Order of the Nile, 1937. Director, Institute of Radiology, Egyptian University, Cairo. Early education at St. Ignatius' and St. Aloysius' Colleges. Later at St. John''s.

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1891

Birth in Waverley -- NSW, Australia 26 August 1891
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Early education at St Aloysius' College, Milson's Point, NSW, Australia
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Tertiary education at University of Cambridge, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England
1907

Early education at St Ignatius' College Riverview, Lane Cove, NSW, Australia 1907
1913

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1913
1916

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1916
1918

Military service as Captain at Papua New Guinea --, Papua New Guinea 1918
1918

Enlisted 30 Mar 1918
1918

Embarked 31 Mar 1918 at Sydney [ NSW Australia ]
1922

Medical Practitioner at North Sydney -Bay Street- NSW, Australia 1922
1928

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1928
1928

Medical Practitioner at Cairo --, Egypt 1928
1937

Military award: Order of the Nile on 1937
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Director at Cairo --, Egypt
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Obituary, Robert Augustin Gardner 1892-1963, J. Coll. Radiol. Aust. (1963) 7:75-6 [ pdf ]
1963

Death in Chatswood -- NSW, Australia 4 January 1963

Gender

Male

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Portrait of Dr Robert Augustin Gardner [ jpg ]

Reverse of portrait of Dr Robert Augustin Gardner [ jpg ]

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