Robert Thomas Gardner (1880 - 1952)

Born 1880 in Woolsthorpe, Victoria, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Jessie Matilda (Wilkinson) Gardner — married 1905 in Victoria, Australia

Died 1952 at about age 72 in Tawonga, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Robert Thomas Gardner was born at Woolsthorpe 1880, mother Isabella RICHARDSON, father Andrew Dunn.^[1]

Robert Gardner is an Anzac who served in the Boer War.

Robert Thomas Gardner, bushman at Woolsthorpe, joined the 4th Victorian Imperial Bushmen/Australian Imperial Regiment (A.I.R.) (regimental number 541) and sailed from Port Melbourne on the "Victorian" on 1 May 1900 for South Africa.^[2][3]

He married Jessie Matilda Wilkinson in 1905 in Victoria.^[4] Their children were:^{[citation needed]}

• John Andrew Gardner (1906–1987)
• Sylvia Isabel Gardner (1908–1983)
• Thomas Roy Gardner (1909–?)
• Irene Phyllis Gardner (1912–?)

Robert Gardner is an Anzac who served in World War One.

In July 1917 Robert joined the AIF and was allocated to the 6th Australian Infantry Battalion. He served in France before returning to Australia in September 1918.^[5][6]

Robert died at Tawonga 1952 age 72.^[7]

Research notes

No sources provided for children named in profile. More research needed.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: Victorian Births Deaths and Marriages Register 5840/1880
2. ↑ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9539784
3. ↑ https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1446685
4. ↑ Marriage: Victorian Births Deaths and Marriages Register 3336/1905
5. ↑ NAA: B2455, GARDNER R T https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=4026379
6. ↑ https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R2335726
7. ↑ Death: Victorian Births Deaths and Marriages Register 19654/1952