GARDEN, Fred Alexander
| Service Number: | WX29754 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 July 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer Class 1 |
| Last Unit: | 16 Infantry Battalion AMF |
| Born: | Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia, 3 April 1907 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Shop Assistant |
| Died: | Swanbourne, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 10 November 1994, aged 87 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 13 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 1, WX29754, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
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| 13 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 1, WX29754, 16 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
| 8 Jan 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 1, WX29754, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 8 Jan 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 1, WX29754, 16 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Warrant Officer Class 1, WX29754, 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Fred was the ninth of ten children of James Garden (born 1864 in Scotland) and Jane Drysdale McLean (born 1865 in Scotland). James, a Carter, and Jane married in Sydney, NSW in 1891 and moved to Fremantle in Western Australia in 1893.
Fred, a Shop Assistant in Perth, WA, married Kathleen Davies Edwards (born 1906 in Coolgardie in WA) in Fremantle in 1933. Kathleen was a Sales Assistant in Claremont when she and Fred met. Fred enlisted in the Army in July 1942 and was a Warrant Officer with 16 Infantry Battalion when he was Discharged in January 1946. Two of Fred's older brother served in WWI - Private Charles (Charlie) Walker Garden (Service No: 6330) was KiA in 1917, and Private George McLean Garden (Service No: 4204). Five of Fred's Brothers-in-Law served in WWII - Leading Aircraftman Robert Moysey (Service No: 82673); Flight Lieutenant Leslie Booth (Service No: 267435); Corporal Garland Edwards (Service No: WX27391); Flight Lieutenant Cecil Edwards (Service No: 8816); and Captain Stephen Kellow (Service No: W237399).
Following his Discharge in 1946, Fred and Kathleen lived in Claremont and Swanbourne (near Fremantle) in WA and Fred was a Shop Assistant. He died in 1994 and Kathleen in 2000.