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REDDEN, George Kerwin
Personal Details
Service Number: | Q49975 |
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Enlisted: | 24 January 1941 |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | Lines of Communication Units |
Born: | Townsville, 4 February 1916 |
Home Town: | Townsville, Townsville, Queensland |
Schooling: | Hermit Park Primary |
Occupation: | Cook |
Died: | Bowel Cancer, Townsville, 26 September 1983, aged 67 years |
Cemetery: |
Woongarra Crematorium, Townsville, Qld |
Memorials: | City of Townsville WW2 HR |
Service History
World War 2 Service
24 Jan 1941: | Involvement Sergeant, Q49975, Lines of Communication Units, Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces, HQ Lines of Communication (Qld) | |
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24 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Private, Q49975, Army Training Units | |
24 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, Q49975 | |
16 Apr 1946: | Discharged Sergeant, Q49975, Lines of Communication Units, HQ Lines of Communication (Qld) | |
16 Apr 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, Q49975 |
Personal Stories
Inspirational Father
George Kerwin Redden was my father
He inspired me with his stories of comradery within the ADF
So much so I made him a promise prior to his death to Join the ADF myself
A year after my fathers passing I myself enlisted in the RAAF
Submitted 8 April 2019 by Anne Cole