Service Details
Name:
 GARDINER
Given Name:
 ELLIOTT
Initials:
 E
Service No:
 67260
Rank:
 Able Seaman
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Regiment:
 South African Naval Forces
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Unit:
 H.M.S. Durban Castle
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Date of Death:
 1941-05-14
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Date of Birth:
 1913-04-15
Age:
 28
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.
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.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Devon
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Cemetery:
 PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 58, Column 3.

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