REDDING, George
| Service Number: | 2601 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Benalla, Victoria, Australia, 1857 |
| Home Town: | Samaria, Benalla, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Beulah, Victoria, Australia, , 10 August 1935, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 28 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2601, 8th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 11 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 2601, 8th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 11 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 2601, 8th Light Horse Regiment, RMS Mongolia, Melbourne | |
| 12 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2601, 8th Light Horse Regiment |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Trooper Redding enlisted from Benalla, Victoria, on the 28th of August 1915, stating his age to be 44. He was in fact 57 making him nearly 61 at the time of this photograph and one of the oldest enlisted men in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF).
'The Age' newspaper (Melbourne) dated Saturday the 10th of August, 1935.
Redding – On the 6th August, at Beulah (suddenly). George (Dad), beloved husband of the late Isabella, and son of the Thomas and Ellen Redding, Samaria, late 8th Light Horse Regiment, AIF, aged, 78.
Mr. George Redding.
Believed to be the oldest survivor, of the Great War, Mr. George Redding, of Beulah, 78 years, collapsed on Tuesday night at the Beulah Catholic ball after having taken part in an old-time dance, and died within a few minutes. Mr. Redding, who was also a Boer War veteran, served in the 8th Regiment of the Light Horse in Egypt and Palestine. He enlisted at the age of 60, but gave his, age as 45. He was one of the most widely known residents of the Southern Mallee.
GEORGE REDDING, 79, who died on Tuesday evening at Beulah, was a member of the Eighth Light Horse Regiment, and served in the Palestine campaign. He was the oldest soldier to march in the last Anzac Day procession in Melbourne, and was one of the original members of the Victorian Mounted Rifles' when that regiment was founded by the late Colonel Tom Price.
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