Service Details
Name:
 GARDNER
Given Name:
 VERE
Initials:
 V
Service No:
 242989
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1944-01-28
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Date of Birth:
 1919-03-08
Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Killed whilst a POW. On 28 January 1944 the United States Air Force bombed a POW train on a bridge near Allerona, Italy. It was carrying Allied servicemen from PG Camp 54, Fara in Sabina, to Germany
Additional
Information:
Son of Herbert and Mary Gardner, of "Calderwood Hall", Elandskop, Natal, South Africa. Born in Umbogintwini, Natal. A clerk by profession
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 120.

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