Australian Light Horse Studies Centre

Citation: The Australian Militia, Area Officers, Roll of Honour, Blair Inskip SWANNELL

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Friday, 23 February 2007

The Australian Militia, Area Officers, Roll of Honour, John Edwin SERGEANT
Topic: Militia - Area Officers

The Australian Militia

Area Officers

Roll of Honour

John Edwin SERGEANT

Place of birth	Melbourne, Victoria
School	Private tuition
Religion	Church of England
Occupation	Grazier and vigneron
Address	Goorambat, Victoria
Marital status	Married
Age at embarkation	45
Next of kin	Mrs Annie Sergeant, Goorambat East, Victoria
Previous military service	Served in Boer War as Lieutenant in 5th Mounted Rifles Contingent, received Queen's Medal with 3 clasps; Quartermaster of 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment upon return. 1908-1910, Militia Adjutant, then Area Officer.
Enlistment date	28 August 1914
Rank on enlistment	Captain
Unit name	8th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number	23/25/1
Embarkation details	Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 19 October 1914
Rank from Nominal Roll	Major
Unit from Nominal Roll	8th Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)	Mention in Despatches Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', Supplement, No. 29354 (5 November 1915); 'Commonwealth Gazette', No. 12 (27 January 1916).
Fate	Killed in Action 25 April 1915
Place of death or wounding	Gallipoli, Turkey
Date of death	25 April 1915
Age at death	45
Age at death from cemetery records	45
Place of burial	Shell Green Cemetery (Artillery Road Plot 6), Gallipoli, Turkey
Roll of Honour	Panel number 54, Australian War Memorial
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records	Note date of death. Parents: Robert and Mary SERGEANT; husband of Annie SERGEANT, Goorambat East, Victoria. Native of Melbourne
Other details	War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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Citation: The Australian Militia, Area Officers, Roll of Honour, John Edwin SERGEANT

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Thursday, 22 February 2007

The Australian Militia, Area Officers, Roll of Honour, Mordant Leslie REID
Topic: Militia - Area Officers

The Australian Militia

Area Officers

Roll of Honour

Mordant Leslie REID

Date of birth	22 August 1881
Place of birth	Elmore, Victoria
Religion	Presbyterian
Occupation	Electrical engineer
Address	Lindsay Street, Coolgardie, Western Australia
Marital status	Married
Age at embarkation	33
Next of kin	Wife, Mrs P Reid, Lindsay Street, Coolgardie, Western Australia
Enlistment date	1 September 1914
Rank on enlistment	2nd Lieutenant
Unit name	11th Battalion, H Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number	23/28/1
Embarkation details	Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 2 November 1914
Rank from Nominal Roll	Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll	11th Battalion
Fate	Killed in Action 25 April 1915
Place of burial	No known grave
Commemoration details	The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 33), Gallipoli, Turkey The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey. The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank. The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here.
Roll of Honour	Panel number 63, Australian War Memorial
Other details	War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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Citation: The Australian Militia, Area Officers, Roll of Honour, Mordant Leslie REID

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Wednesday, 21 February 2007

The Australian Militia, Area Officers, Roll of Honour, Thomas Harold REDFORD
Topic: Militia - Area Officers

The Australian Militia

Area Officers

Roll of Honour

Thomas Harold REDFORD

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	Killed in Action 7 August 1915 See: The Nek
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
Roll of Honour	Panel number 6, Australian War Memorial
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 Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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Citation: The Australian Militia, Area Officers, Roll of Honour, Thomas Harold REDFORD

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Tuesday, 20 February 2007

The Australian Militia, Area Officers, Roll of Honour, Edward Castle OLDHAM
Topic: Militia - Area Officers

The Australian Militia

Area Officers

Roll of Honour

Edward Castle OLDHAM

Date of birth	8 August 1876
Place of birth	Gawler, South Australia
School	Prince Alfred College, Adelaide, South Australia
Religion	Church of England
Occupation	Gentleman
Address	c/o Mrs J Oldham, 'Wyandra', Hackney, South Australia
Marital status	Single
Age at embarkation	38
Next of kin	Mother, Mrs Julia Oldham, 'Wyandra', Hackney, South Australia
Previous military service	78th Infantry Regiment
Enlistment date	19 August 1914
Rank on enlistment	Captain
Unit name	10th Battalion, E Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number	23/27/1
Embarkation details	Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal Roll	Major
Unit from Nominal Roll	10th Battalion
Fate	Killed in Action 25 April 1915
Age at death from cemetery records	38
Place of burial	Beach Cemetery (Plot I, Row K, Grave No. 12), Gallipoli, Turkey
Roll of Honour	Panel number 60, Australian War Memorial
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records	Parents: William John and Julia OLDHAM; husband of Elsie S. OLDHAM, 49 Bakewell Road, St Peters, South Australia
Other details	War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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Citation: The Australian Militia, Area Officers, Roll of Honour, Edward Castle OLDHAM

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