Claude Thomas REDMAN

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REDMAN, Claude Thomas

Service Number:	1111
Enlisted:	10 March 1915
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	6th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Jerry Plains, New South Wales, Australia, 1884
Home Town:	Jerrys Plains, Singleton, New South Wales
Schooling:	Jerrys Plains Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of Illness- Prisoner of War, 18 May 1918, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Basra Memorial, Basra, Iraq.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Basra Memorial, Singleton War Memorial

World War 1 Service

10 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1111, 6th Light Horse Regiment
7 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 1111, 6th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Chilka embarkation_ship_number: A51 public_note: ''
7 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 1111, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Chilka, Sydney
18 May 1918:	Involvement Trooper, 1111, 6th Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1111 awm_unit: 6 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1918-05-18

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Claude was the son of William and Mary Redman of Jerrys Plains, New South Wales. His older brother, 1478 Pte. Walter John Redman 35th Battalion AIF was killed in action in France only weeks before Claude died, on 6 April 1918.

Claude served at Gallipoli for a few months. He was reported missing after the Battle of Amman on 28 March 1918. He was reported to have been wounded and fell into Turkish hands. Claude has an extensive Red Cross Wounded and Missing file but it is unclear what became of him. Various accounts state that he being treated for his wounds in a Damascus hospital held by the Germans. At a Court of Enquiry held in October 1919, it was declared that he had died of disease while P.O.W. between 18 May and 11 November 1918. His parents had been waiting for over 18 months to learn of his fate. He has no known grave and is remembered on the Basra Memorial in Iraq.

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