Henry GARDNER

Main CPGW Record

Surname: GARDNER

Forename(s): Henry

Place of Birth: Dunsop Bridge, Yorkshire

Service No: 889

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Australian Infantry

Battalion / Unit: 'D' Coy 30th Battalion

Division: 5th Australian Division

Age: ---

Date of Death: 1916-07-20

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: II. F. 5.

CWGC Cemetery: FROMELLES (PHEASANT WOOD) MILITARY CEMETERY

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)

Additional Information:

Henry Gardner was the son of William and Mary Gardner, née Holden. William was born at Wesham near Kirkham and Mary at Dutton, Lancashire.

1891 Livesey, Lancashire, Census: 38, John Bright Street - Henry Gardner, aged 4 years, born Slaidburn, Yorkshire, son of William and Mary Gardner.

1901 Blackburn, Lancashire Census: 64, Belgrave Street - Henry Gardner, aged 14 years, born Slaidburn, Yorkshire, son of William and Mary Gardner.

1911 Blackburn, Lancashire, Census: 64, Belgrave Street - Henry Gardner, aged 24 years, born Dunsop Bridge, Yorkshire, son of William and Mary Gardner.

Henry was one of the 250 Australian and British Great War soldiers recovered from a mass burial site at Pheasant Wood, France in 2009. His remains were identified. He was previously commemorated on the V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles.

The image of the cap badge also shows the colour patch of the battalion.

Private Henry Gardner was added to the CPGW website after receiving information from Shirley Penman, Clitheroe.

Australian service records: www.naa.gov.au › The collection › Popular research topics › Defence › Service records

Data Source: Personal Communication

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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