REDMAN, Sydney David
| Service Number: | V285443 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 February 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Stratford, Victoria, Australia , 20 October 1922 |
| Home Town: | Stratford, Wellington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Warragul, Victoria, Australia, 5 May 2007, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Stratford Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 19 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, V285443, LHQ Gas School | |
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| 19 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V285443 | |
| 29 Nov 1944: | Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, V285443, LHQ Gas School | |
| 29 Nov 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V285443 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Private, V285443 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Syd was the fourth of seven children of Percy Harold Redman (born 1888 in Mirim Pirim, Victoria) and Violet Ellen Parke (born 1896 in Warragul, Victoria). Percy was a Farmer in 1916 when he married Violet at Moe in Gippsland, Victoria. By 1928 the family had moved to Stratford where Percy worked as a Contractor.
Syd was in Stratford in 1942 when he enlisted in the Army. He was a Private (Service No:V285443) attached to LHQ Gas School when he was Discharged in November 1944. Sister Elsie May (Lieutenant, Service Nos:QX40950/Q142204) and brother Colin Robert (Private, Service Nos:VX112681/V41182) also served in WWII.
In 1946 Syd married Myree Maxwell Bedggood (born 1927 in Geelong, Victoria) and they settled at Yallourn in Gippsland, Victoria. Syd had an extended period of unemployment following his Service in WWII, and in the early 1960s was working as a Tractor Driver. Syd died in 2007 and Myree in 2020. Syd was described in the Death Notices (Herald Sun: 7 May 2007) as a quiet, gentle man - much-loved Husband of 61 years, Dad, Pop and Old Poppy who loved his family, fishing and gardeneing.