Colin GARDINER

Regimental number61263
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinWife, Mrs C Gardiner, 15 Lonsdale Street, Belleknowes, Dunedin
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 31st Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Regiment, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 97 Tahiti on 16 November 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNew Zealand Entrenching Battalion
FateKilled in Action 8 May 1918
Age at death from cemetery records40
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsButtes New British Cemetery (New Zealand) Memorial, Polygon Wood, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Father: Mr C. Gardiner, Dumbarton, Scotland; Wife: Daisy Gardiner, 15 Lonsdale Street, Belleknowes, Dunedin
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 75, p. 5