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REDDIN, Frederick
Personal Details
| Service Number: | WX10022 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 13 December 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Albany, Western Australia, Australia, 25 May 1917 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Albany, Western Australia, Australia, 3 August 1999, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Allambie Park Cemetery, Albany, Western Australia |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 13 Dec 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX10022 | |
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| 9 Sep 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion, from Fremantle; disembarked Middle East 23 Sep 1941 | |
| 27 Jul 1942: | Imprisoned officially reported POW 20 Nov 1942, interned Camp 85 then from Italy to Stalag 18A in Germany | |
| 18 Jun 1945: | Embarked UK to Sydney, Australia; repatriated to WA for rehabilitation Aug 1945 | |
| 3 Sep 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX10022 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cherilyn McMeekin
Fred was the only son of William Frederick and Margaret REDDIN. He had three sisters.
Fred was captured at Ruin Ridge, El Alamein, when his battalion was surrounded by enemy tanks. He was a POW on board the Italian transport ship Nino Bixio when it was torpedoed by a British submarine in the Mediterranean on 17 August 1942. The Nino Bixio was transporting Allied POWs from Libya to Italy. Fred was one of 122 Australian POWs to survive the incident.
He married Phyllis RIBBONS in 1941 and they had three sons. Fred died in Albany in 1999 at age 82.
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