Lieutenant General Sir Charles Henry Gairdner, GBE, KCMG, KCVO, CB was a senior British Army officer who later occupied two viceregal positions in Australia. Born in Batavia in the Dutch East Indies, he was brought up in Ireland, and educated at... Wikipedia
Born: March 20, 1898, Batavia, Dutch East Indies
Died: February 22, 1983 (age 84 years), Nedlands, Australia
Spouse: Evelyn Handcock (m. 1925)
Previous offices: Governor of Tasmania (1963–1968) and Governor of Western Australia (1951–1963)
Education: Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and Repton School
Awards: Medal of Freedom
Premier: Sir Ross McLarty (1951–53); Albert Hawke (1953–59); Sir David Brand (1959–63)