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Australia

Joseph was the seventh of ten children of Richard Gardner (b1825 in Gloucestershire, England) and second wife Elizabeth Spooner (b1844 in Ireland). Richard was an Agricultural Labourer when he immigrated to Australia in 1864. He settled in Ipswich, QLD and was one of four men who put down Hooper's and Richardson's first mine shaft at Tivoli. Elizabeth immigrated in 1863 on board the Norman Morrison and she and Richard married in 1866 in Ipswich, QLD where Richard worked as a Miner. In the early 1870s the family moved to Redbank Plains where Richard was a Farmer.

Joseph was a Farmer with his father at Redbank Plains, Ipswich QLD when he enlisted with the 6th QLD Imperial Bushmen (Private; Service No: 50) and fought in South Africa in the Boer War. Joseph returned to his father's farm (Glenn Farm) at Redbank Plains and in 1907 married Alma Catherine Jones (b1887 in Ipswich, QLD) at St Paul's in Ipswich. Joseph and Alma settled at Possum Creek, Redbank Plains where Joseph was a Farmer. Alma died in 1918, leaving Joseph with three small children to raise. 

In 1930 Joseph moved from his farm to New Beith where he worked as a Labourer until he retired. In the early 1960s he moved to Bundamba, Ipswich. Joseph died in 1970.

NOK Mrs. E GARDNER, Redbank Plains, Qld.