Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Henry Gairdner, 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
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital is a teaching hospital in Nedlands, Western Australia.
Charles Gairdner
…his reserve powers. However the parliament remained in recess until Labor won the ensuing 1956 general election. The Perth Chest Hospital was renamed Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in his honour in May 1963. Gairdner stepped down from his post on 26 June 1963. He lobbied for the position of Governor of Tasmania and on 23 September…
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital viewed from Kings Park; green buildings are the new children's hospital