GARDINER Wayne OAM RFD

Australian Army Born 1954

Service No: 536234. Citizens Military Forces and Army Reserve 10th Light Horse. Enlisted Army (Citizen Military Force; later Army Reserve) November 1973. Recruit Training with 11 Independent Rifle Company. B Squadron 10^th Light Horse Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC) 1974 – 1976. A Squadron 10^th Light Horse RAAC 1976 – 1977 (Corporal). Officer Cadet Training Unit 13 Course 1978 – 1979. Commissioned December 1979. A Squadron 10^th Light Horse RAAC 1980 – 1984. (Lieutenant). Australian Army Museum of WA (Australian Army History Unit) 1985 – 2020 (Captain). Deputy Curator 1985 – 1996, Curator 1996 – 2010, Assistant Manager 2010 – 2020. Retired Jan 2020 as Captain. Military historian commentator for the ABC TV coverage of the Perth ANZAC Day Parade 1995 – 2019. Valuer & Consulting Auctioneer (Antiques & General Home Contents). Commonwealth Government Approved Valuer for the Cultural Gifts Program (specialising in Militaria), retired 2015. Awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) – For service to military history, and to veterans and their families: 26 January 2017. RSL ANZAC of the Year Award 2015. Fellow of the Military Historical Society of Australia 2019.