Bertie Charles Gardner, MC (born 31 May 1884 - December 1972, aged 88), was a British-born Canadian banker and Chancellor of

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Biography

Born in

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, the son of Frank Smith Gardner, and Susannah Gardner, Gardner moved to

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to join the

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in 1906. In 1915 he was commissioned into the

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as an officer. He was enlisted as a lieutenant, having already served two years with the Dorset Territorial Regiment. During the battle of Flers-Courcelette, On 20 September, Gardner was wounded in the shoulder from a gunshot wound. he recovered and was transferred to the 14th reserve Battalion until fully healed. On 30 August 1917, a German night raid on British lines south-east of Lens was repulsed, where Gardner was wounded again. Shell fragmentation hit him in the left buttock, left foot and the right calf. His second toe was amputated as a result and a piece of his metatarsal was surgically removed. In 1917 he was awarded the

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. In 1948 Gardner became the President of the Bank of Montreal. Gardner served as

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of McGill University between 1952 and 1957, having served as a Governor from 1949 to 1958. He was appointed Emeritus Governor in 1959.

References

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