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GARDEN, John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 303 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cowie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 21 March 1891 |
| Home Town: | Bunbury, Bunbury, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Saddler |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 33., Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bunbury Roll of Honour, Geraldton Gallipoli Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 22 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 303, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 2 Nov 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 303, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 303, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Killed in Action at the Landing - buried in the field. Grave lost |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Jim Allan
John was shot during the landing on the first day. The Rev. McVea notified the O.C. that he had buried Garden, together with a number of others, in Shrapnel Gully.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He is remembered on the Stonehaven and Dunnotar war memorial
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