|
Unit |
8th Light
Horse Regiment, B Squadron |
Rank |
Major |
|
Date of Enlistment |
21
September 1914 |
Service no. |
- |
|
Date of Death |
7 August 1915 |
Place of Death |
The Nek - Walker's
Ridge |
|
Age |
34 |
|
|
|
Cemetery |
Walker's Ridge |
Details |
II. C. 9. |
|
Epitaph |
"Mine"
Malachi iii, 17 |
|
Next of Kin |
(Wife)
REDFORD Ruth |
Address |
Kaikora,
49 Middlehead Rd, Mosman NSW |
|
Parents |
Thomas
and Isabel Redford |
Address |
|
|
Date of Birth |
22
September 1880 |
Place of birth |
VIC
Warrnambool |
|
General |
“Major Redford
died close by. A sergeant wrote:
Our gallant major, whilst lying facing
the enemy’s trench (10 yards away) in front of his men received a bullet
through his brain as he raised his head slightly to observe. He died
with a soft sigh and laid his head gently on his hands as if tired. A
braver and honourable man never donned uniform.”
The Nek,
Peter Burness, page 102 (Source 5)
“During the night Troopers Lionel
Simpson and “Ginty” McGuiness went out into No Man’s Land to recover
Redford’s body and identity discs to confirm his death.”
Gallipoli Heroes,
Graeme Massey, page 94 (source 19) |
|
|
|
Other Sources |
|
|
|
 |
|
Photo |
 |
|
Australian War
Memorial (www.awm.gov.au), P04051.001, (source 7) |
|
|
|
Photo |
|
|
The Sydney
Morning Herald Newspaper, 23 August 1915 (source 24) |
|
|
|
Photo |
|
|
The Argus Newspaper,
6 September 1915, page 5 (source 42) |
|
|
|
Photo |
|
|
Australian War
Memorial (www.awm.gov.au), P00265.001, (source 7) |
|
|
|
Photo |
|
|
The Daily
Telegraph Newspaper, 23 August 1915, page 9 (source 70) |
|
|
|
Photo |
|
|
The Sydney
Mail Newspaper,
15 September 1915, page 9 (source 15) |
 |
|
Newspaper article |
|
|
The Sydney Morning Herald Newspaper,
23 August 1915 (source 24) |
|
|
|
Newspaper article |
|
|
The Argus Newspaper,
2 September 1915, page 6 (source 42) |
|
|
|
Newspaper article |
|
|
The Argus Newspaper,
27 August 1915, page 1 (source 42) |
|
|
|
Newspaper article |
|
|
The Argus Newspaper,
23 August 1915, page 1 (source 42) |
|
|
|
Newspaper article |
|
|
The Sydney Morning Herald Newspaper,
20 August 1915 (source 24) |
|
|
|
Newspaper article |
|
|
The Daily Telegraph Newspaper,
20 August 1915, page 6 (source 70) |
 |
|
Headstone |
|
|
Gallipoli Photographic Expedition, 2009 (source 183) |
 |
|
Notes |
|
|
Gallipoli
Heroes – a tribute to the men from Western Victoria who gave
their lives for their country. MASSEY, Graeme, page 94
(source 19) |
 |
|
Various |
|
|
Australian War Memorial, ACT, Panel 6 (source 14) |
|
|
