Topic: AIF - 3B - 8 LHR
8th LHR, AIF
8th Australian Light Horse Regiment
Roll of Honour
Thomas Harold Redford
Thomas Harold Redford's name on the Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial
Thomas Harold Redford
Rank: Major [Maj]
Unit: 8th Australian Light Horse
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 7 August 1915
Cause of death: Killed in action
Cemetery or memorial details: GALLIPOLI 11. Walker's Ridge Cemetery
War Grave Register notes: REDFORD, Maj. Thomas Harold. 8th Australian Light Horse. Killed in action 7th Aug., 1915. Age 34. Son of Thomas and Isabel Redford; husband of Ruth Redford, of Kaikora, 49, Middlehead Rd., Mosman, New South Wales. Native of Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia. II. C. 9.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army
A brief military biography of Thomas Harold Redford from The AIF Project:
| Place of birth | Warrnambool, Victoria |
| School | Warrnambool College, Victoria |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Occupation | Merchant |
| Address | Warrnambool |
| Marital status | Married |
| Age at embarkation | 34 |
| Next of kin | Wife, Mrs T Redford, 'Kilmington', 47 Holt Avenue, Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Previous military service | Served in the Victoria Mounted Rifles and Australian Light Horse. |
| Enlistment date | 21 September 1914 |
| Rank on enlistment | Major |
| Unit name | 8th Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/13/1 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A16 Star Of Victoria on 25 February 1915 |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Major |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 8th Light Horse Regiment |
| Fate | Effective abroad (still overseas) |
| Place of death or wounding | Gallipoli, Turkey |
| Age at death | 34 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 34 |
| Place of burial | Walkers Ridge Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 9), Gallipoli, Turkey |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 6 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Thomas and Isabel REDFORD; husband of Ruth REDFORD, "Kaikora", 49 Middlehead Road, Mosman, New South Wales. Native of Warrnambool, Victoria |
Lest we forget
Further Reading:
Area Officers who died at Gallipoli, 1915
Victorian Mounted Rifles, 2nd Battalion (West)
8th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
The Nek, Gallipoli, 7 August 1915
Gallipoli CampaignBattles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: 8th LHR, AIF, Roll of Honour, Thomas Harold Redford
