General Sir Charles Henry Gairdner, GBE, KCMG, KCVO, CB (1898 – 8 May 1983) was a British Army general during World War II and was Governor of Western Australia from 1951 to 1963, and Governor of Tasmania from 1963 to 1968.
He was born in Batavia (now Jakarta, Indonesia) in 1898, and was educated at Repton School in England, and the Royal Military Academy.
Gairdner joined the British Army in 1916, as a 2nd Lieutenant in H.M. Land Forces. He spent...
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General Sir Charles Henry Gairdner, GBE, KCMG, KCVO, CB (1898 – 8 May 1983) was a British Army general during World War II and was Governor of Western Australia from 1951 to 1963, and Governor of Tasmania from 1963 to 1968.
He was born in Batavia (now Jakarta, Indonesia) in 1898, and was educated at Repton School in England, and the Royal Military Academy.
Gairdner joined the British Army in 1916, as a 2nd Lieutenant in H.M. Land Forces. He spent two years at Staff College from 1933 to 1934. From 1937 to 1940, he was the commanding officer of the 10th Royal Hussars, before being chief of staff of the 7th Armoured Division then General Officer Commanding of the 6th and 8th Armoured Divisions. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by the United States in London on January 16, 1947.
Gairdner's distinguished military career was rewarded in 1951 when he was appointed Governor of Western Australia. He was governor during a number of Royal Visits to Perth - the earliest being in...
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