In Memory Of

GARDINER, ELLIOTT

Service Details
Age:
 28
Date of Birth:
 1913-04-15
Service No:
 67260
Rank:
 Able Seaman
Unit:
 H.M.S. Durban Castle
Regiment:
 South African Naval Forces
Date of Death:
 1941-05-14
Cause of Death:
 Killed when a gun exploded in a machine-gun nest, on 14th May 1941, on his voyage to England to take up a commission.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 58, Column 3.
Cemetery:
 PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Devon
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Elliott Gardiner, of Tamboers Kloof, Cape Town, South Africa. Ex-cadet of The South African Training Ship General Botha. Born Warrenton, Cape Province, 15th April 1913. Ed, Cape Town High School. Cadet Draft 1929-30. At the outbreak of war Elliott gardiner joined the RNVR and was killed with a gun exploded in a machine-gun nest, on 14th May 1941, on his voyage to England to take up a commission.