1898 - 1983
Charles Gairdner British Military
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| First Name |
Charles
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| Last Name |
Gairdner
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| Birthday |
20th March, 1898
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| Birthplace |
Jakarta, Indonesia
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| Died |
8th May, 1983
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| Place of Death |
Nedlands, Western Australia
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| Build |
Average
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| Hair Color |
Salt and Pepper
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| Zodiac Sign |
Pisces
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| Sexuality |
Straight
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| Ethnicity |
White
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| Nationality |
British
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| Occupation |
Military
|
Lieutenant General Sir Charles Henry Gairdner, GBE, KCMG, KCVO, CB (20 March 1898 – 22 February 1983) was a senior British Army officer who later occupied two viceregal positions in Australia. Born in Batavia (now Jakarta) in the Dutch East Indies, he was brought up in Ireland, and educated at Repton School and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, in England. Having served on active duty during the First World War, in which he sustained a serious wound to his right leg, Gairdner spent time at the Staff College, Camberley in the interwar period, and served as commanding officer of the 10th Royal Hussars, 6th Armoured Division and 8th Armoured Division during the Second World War. He retired from the army in 1949 and was appointed Governor of Western Australia in 1951, a position in which he served until 1963, when he assumed the role of Governor of Tasmania until 1968. Gairdner died in Nedlands, at the age of 84, and was awarded a state funeral.
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