Identity
Person No.
21224
Service No.
291976
Last Name
First Name
Alan Gardiner
Initials
A G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
37
Military Service
Rank
Captain
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
and Long Range Desert Group.
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in action, at Leros. He was killed in action instantly by machine gun fire on Leros whilst leading a composite LRDG and SBS party in a close struggle with 500 German parachutists who had been dropped on the narrow strip between Gurna and Alinda bays
Grave Reference
Location
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Arthur William and Margaret A. Redfern of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia; husband of Agnes Opal Redfern, of Salisbury.
Citation
LG Sup 1 January 1943 pg. 12 - "For running commando training courses in Gwelo, Southern Rhodesia"
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project