In Memory Of
GARDNER, VERE
Service Details
Age:
24
Date of Birth:
1919-03-08
Service No:
242989
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1944-01-28
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
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Column 120.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Herbert and Mary Gardner, of "Calderwood Hall", Elandskop, Natal, South Africa. Born in Umbogintwini, Natal. A clerk by profession
