GARNER, Robert George
| Service Number: | 5015 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 December 1915, Lithgow, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hill End, New South Wales, Australia, March 1891 |
| Home Town: | Hill End, Bathurst Regional, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 27 October 1937 |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5015, Lithgow, New South Wales | |
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| 5 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 5015, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 5015, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney | |
| 15 Apr 1917: | Imprisoned Bullecourt (First) | |
| 10 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5015, 17th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...Until recently, the final resting place of Indigenous soldier and WWI prisoner of war Robert George Garner was an unmarked section of grass, nestled between two concrete slabs in an unassuming corner of Sydney's Rookwood Cemetery.
But Garner's service to his country has been recognised at last, with his grave receiving a new commemorative plot and headstone.
Funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs, the new plot was visited by Garner's daughter, Fae Warry, for the first time.
She said her first visit to Rookwood in October 2015 had been the end of a lengthy search to find her father's grave that had brought feelings of guilt and sadness.
"It was an unmarked grave — it was just a patch of grass, so that was a bit sad, but we did have a couple of roses that we bought from the kiosk that we were able to put there," Ms Warry said.
"It was a terrible war and he must have went through hell, like they all did, so it's good to think that he is now being recognised like a lot of others are now being as well." - READ MORE LINK (www.abc.net.au)
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