GARDEN, Harold Alexander
| Service Number: | 78012 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | No. 8 Service Flying Training School Bundaberg |
| Born: | Kilcoy, Queensland, Australia, 25 April 1918 |
| Home Town: | Kilcoy, Somerset, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Truck Driver / Labourer |
| Died: | Ground Accident, Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 25 April 1944, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bundaberg General Cemetery, Queensland Plot A. Row C. Grave 3, Bundaberg General Cemetery, Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kilcoy Honour Roll |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 78012 | |
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| 17 Aug 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, RAAF Ground Training Schools | |
| 17 Aug 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 78012 | |
| 25 Apr 1944: | Involvement Leading Aircraftman, No. 8 Service Flying Training School Bundaberg |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
LAC Garden 78012 of Number 8 Service Flying Training School Bundaberg started Avro Anson aircraft W2150 and walked to the front of the machine where he came in contact with the propeller and died instantly from severe head injuries
Son of William and Jane Garden
Husband of Florence Charlotte Garden of Kilcoy, QLD
Biography contributed by Matthew Rutkin
In the years before enlisting in the RAAF, Harold worked as a truck driver for Kilcoy Council, completing his own running repairs as required.
Harold and his wife Florence had two daughters, both young children at the time of Harold's accidental death.
LAC H A Garden is remembered with honour at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.
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