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REDFORD, Thomas Harold
Personal Details
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 21 September 1914, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Major |
| Last Unit: | 8th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia , 22 September 1880 |
| Home Town: | Warrnambool, Warrnambool, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Warrnambool College, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Merchant |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 7 August 1915, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
Walkers Ridge Cemetery II.C.9. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Warrnambool Club Pictorial Honour Roll, Warrnambool Soldiers' Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 21 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 1 Jan 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Major, 8th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 25 Feb 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Major, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Major, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Melbourne | |
| 16 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Major, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Major, Officer, 8th Light Horse Regiment, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"Captain Thomas Harold Redford, 11th Light Horse Regiment (Victorian Mounted Rifles). This unit was disbanded in 1912. Capt Redford of Warrnambool, Vic, enlisted in the First World War, serving as a major with the 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment. He was killed in action at the Nek, Gallipoli on 7 August 1915, aged 34 years. He is buried in Walker's Ridge Cemetery." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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