Samuel Gardner is a Corporal in the Royal Australian Infantry Corps and was previously a Section Commander in the 8th/9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and 9th Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment. He is currently studying a Bachelor of Business Management (Major in Information Systems) and Bachelor of Arts (Major in International Relations, Minor in Psychology) at the University of Queensland and is a SERCAT 3 reservist working in an out-of-corps role as a Business Analyst in the Analysis Cell, Adjutant General – Army.