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Private William Gardner |
Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: William John Gardner
Ancestor's date of birth: 01/01/1874
Ancestor's date of death: 09/08/1953
Cause of Death: Age related
Service and Life Before the Boer War: Farm Labourer - Towaninny VIC, son of Mary Tait and John Gardiner.
Service Number: 167
Colony or State of enlistment: VIC, Place of Enlistment: Melbourne
Unit: Victorian Imperial Bushmen (Australian Imperial Regiment)
Rank attained in Boer War: PTE, Date Effective: 1900
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No evidence of post Boer War service
Murray Page: 264
Contingent: Fourth Victorian
Ship: Victorian, Date of Sailing: 01/05/1900
Memorial details: Detail not provided
Awards/Decorations/Commendations: Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps.
Personal Characteristics: Height 190 cm, fair complexion, blue eyes, fair hair.
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided
Details of service in war: May 1900 - June 1901 in Rhodesia, west Transvaal, Cape Colony under Henniker including relief of Philipstown (11 February 1901), capture of Boer guns at Read's Drift (23 February), and capture of Boer patrol near Doornkloof (1 March 1901); may have seen garrison duty in Rhodesia.
Service and life after the Boer War: Returned to Australia 12 July 1901 on the Orient. Became a policeman with the Victorian Police Force. Won many trophies for Rifle Shooting.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Jocelyn Pollard, Mosman NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Granddaughter
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