Leonard George REDIN

REDIN, Leonard George

Service Number: 517
Enlisted: 13 May 1916, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 4th Machine Gun Company
Born: Adelaide, South Australia, 1891
Home Town: Dalby, Western Downs, Queensland
Schooling: Pulteney Grammar School
Occupation: Motor Mechanic
Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 22 October 1917
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials: Adelaide Pulteney Grammar School WW1 & WW2 Honour Board, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Tara Shire WW1 Roll of Honor, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
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World War 1 Service

13 May 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, 517, Brisbane, Queensland
22 Dec 1916: Involvement Private, 517, 15th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1916: Embarked Private, 517, 15th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Persic, Melbourne
22 Oct 1917: Involvement Private, 517, 4th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 517 awm_unit: 4th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-22

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Biography contributed by Ned Young

War service: Western Front

Embarked from Melbourne, 22 December 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 3 March 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 27 April 1917; taken on strength, 4th Machine Gun Company, 5 May 1917.

Killed in action, Belgium, 22 October 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Wife, Mrs Isla REDIN, Campbelltown, South Australia, made a statutory declaration, 7 December 1917, stating that following her marriage to G.L. REDIN on 7 October 1910, he deserted her the same month, leaving a daughter, to move to Dalby, Queensland. Mrs Redin was subsequently declared to be the next of kin for the purpose of medals.

Via AIF Project, Canberra

 

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