GARDINER, Alfred William Gabriel
| Service Number: | 163 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 3 December 1872 |
| Home Town: | Kaban, Tablelands, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station Hand |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 26 May 1962, aged 89 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld Plot: ANZAC-9-10-31 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 163, Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 18 May 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 163, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900. | |
| 10 Aug 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 163, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 477 notes 4th QIB embarked 5 Jul 1901 aboard Britannic returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 5 Aug 1901, disbanded 10 Aug 1901. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Alfred William Gabriel Gardiner was born on 3 Dec 1872 in Brisbane, a son to John Gardiner and Sarah Lucinda Gardiner (nee Bull). Qld BDM records indicate his third christian name as Gabrail. It appears while he was still a toddler his family relocated to Sydney, with his siblings born in NSW. At the time of his enlistment in 1900 for the South African (Boer) War he was living in Queensland.
He served in both the South African (Boer) War and WW1. First service was as a Private S.N. 163 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. His second service was as a Private S.N. 497/1190 in the 28th Infantry Battalion, AIF, WW1. He appears to have worked as a Station Hand on rural properties in Qld and WA where he enlisted at Blackboy Hill in 1915 for WW1. He was returned to Australia in 1916 suffering medical unfitness recuperating at the No. 3 Auxiliary Hospital, Liechhardt, Sydney until his dischagre in 1917.
He married Mary Ann Webber in 1920 at Burwood, Sydney, NSW. Some time later they relocated to Qld with documents on his WW1 service file indicating that in 1924/25 he was residing at Waterfall Farm, Kaban via Cairns in North Qld.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 482; National Archives Australia WW1 service record).
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