GARDNER, David John
| Service Number: | 195 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Wodonga, Victoria, Australia, 1879 |
| Home Town: | Cowra, Cowra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Hughenden, Queensland, Australia, 3 May 1917, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 195 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 195, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901. | |
| 23 Jun 1903: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 195, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When David John Gardner enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as Mr. R. M. Gardner, Cowra, New South Wales. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, p. 199, held by Qld State Archives it is noted he directed part of his pay to his sister Miss. A. Gardner, Cowra, New South Wales.
David John Gardner was born in 1879 at Wodonga, Victoria, a son to Robert Martin Gardner and Sarah Gardner (nee Fitzwater). His parents married in Wodonga in 1864 and had 8 children there between 1866 and 1882, including his sister Alice Maude Gardner, before relocating to Cowra where another 2 children were born between 1888 and 1891.
David's movements after his return from the Boer War and discharge in Queensland in 1902 are unclear. His date and place of death are taken from his entry on his father's family history online under "Australian Royalty: Genealogy of the colony of NSW" prepared by Marion Purnell, based on information provided to her by a relative of the family.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominl Roll, Murray p. 513; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, p. 199; online "Australian Royalty: Genealogy of the colony of NSW" prepared by Marion Purnell; BDM Victoria and NSW online birth registry records; BDM Qld online death registry records).
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