REDMAN, Walter John
| Service Numbers: | 1478, 1478A |
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| Enlisted: | 7 June 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Jerrys Plains, New South Wales, Australia, 1878 |
| Home Town: | Jerrys Plains, Singleton, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Jerrys Plains Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in action, France, 6 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux, France Plot III, Row E, Grave No. 2. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Singleton War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1478, Light Trench Mortar Batteries | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 1478, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 1478, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, HMAT Ascanius, Sydney | |
| 6 Apr 1918: | Involvement Private, 1478A, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1478A awm_unit: 35th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-06 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Walter was the son of William and Mary Redman of Jerrys Plains, New South Wales. His younger brother, 1111 Tpr. Claude Thomas Redman 6th Australian Light Horse Regiment, died of wounds only weeks later on 18 May 1918, while a Prisoner of War in Turkish hands in the Middle East.
Walter John Redman enlisted with the AIF at Quirindi, New South Wales on the 7 June 1916. He was not a young man, being 38 years of age. He was sent from England to France on the 20 March 1917 and was joined with the 35th Battalion on the 9 April 1917.
He was twice wounded, once at Messines in Belgium during June 1917, and more seriously at Ypres during October 1917, when he invalided to England with a gunshot wound to the chest.
He rejoined the 35th Battalion in France during February 1918 and was killed in action only two months later near Amiens in France. He was originally buried at Cachy, France by Reverend J.E.N. Osborne M.C. and his remains were later moved to the Adelaide Cemetery at Villers Bretonneux, France.
The following letter from Captain Hugh Connell to Redman’s parents was published in the Singleton Argus during July 1918. “14 April 1918, Dear Mr. Redman, With deepest sympathy I write to you concerning the death of your son, No. 1478, Private W. J. Redman, on the 8th inst. On the night of that date a shell struck the billet where a number of our men were sleeping, and your son was killed, death being instantaneous. He was buried next day by the chaplain, Rev. Osborne, near Cachy, a small village about seven miles from Amiens. Your son had been with us for a long time, and his work with the unit had been uniformly good. He was always most willing, a cheerful worker on all occasions, and cool and bravo in the presence of danger. Both officers and men held him. in the highest- esteem, and his death came as a great shock to us. May you derive consolation from, the knowledge that your son has earned the highest opinion from all with whom he has fought and worked.”
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