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Vincent Gardiner

Potted Biography

• Gardiner, Vincent [1] - 1893(Eng)-1971(WA?) - Licences: Nil yet identified - Qualifications: CPRT 248, 1916 (Marconi, Telefunken) - ship wireless operator, instructor Marconi School of Wireless, Sydney - Electoral Rolls: agent (Jolimont, Vic, 1925; Hawthorn, Vic, 1928); company manager (Neutral Bay, NSW, 1930); manufacturer (Brisbane CBD, Qld, 1931; New Farm, Qld, 1934; Centennial Park, NSW, 1935; Mosman Park, WA, 1943; Greenmount, WA, 1954-1968) - Links: Trove Bio - TroveTag: "Vincent Gardiner" & "!Wikibooks Gardiner"

Comprehensive Biography

A comprehensive biography of Edward Baker Crocker has not yet been prepared for this Wikibook, however the following resources have been assembled in preparation:

• Research - Vincent Gardiner - Summary of research to date

• Transcriptions and Notes - Vincent Gardiner - More than 10 transcriptions (Reads like a biography)

• Photos, QSL cards and other graphics - Vincent Gardiner - Nothing uploaded as yet, but many photos available in Trove

• Incubator of Wikipedia Article on Vincent Gardiner - Coming real soon now!

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A brief bio for Gardiner

THE MAGIC SPARK. Radio News from Everywhere. . . . BY DOTDASH. Few wireless operators in the Australian mercantile marine have had more practical experience than Mr. Vincent Gardiner, now sales manager for Amalgamated Wireless, Limited, of Sydney. He made his first voyage in the Allen Liner, Victorian (13,000 tons), as far back as 1911. For a year he was on the Atlantic run, and during that time passed through some terrifically bad weather. Once on the Lake Manitoba, one of the worst storms on record raged, and the liner was eight days overdue on a 10 days' voyage. Leaving the service of the Marconi International Company, Mr. Gardiner joined the Union Company's steamer Maunganui, and was operator of that vessel when she made her maiden voyage to Australia. Since then he has sailed in the Tahiti, Ulimaroa, Niagara, Paloona, Dorset, and Indarra. During his service at sea Mr. Gardiner travelled 186,000 miles, which, by the way, is the exact distance covered by an ether wave in a second. Coming ashore from the Indarra, he became instructor at the Marconi School in Sydney. Some of the school's most successful operators have to thank Mr. Gardiner for coaching them through to the "A" class ticket. Not only did this much-travelled operator learn the mysteries of wireless. At the British School of Telegraphy, in London, he took a complete course in land telegraphy, cablegraphy, and automatic Wheatstone operating.