Redford, Thomas Harold (Major, b.1880 - d.1915)

Places	Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Anzac Area (Gallipoli), Nek (Gallipoli)
Accession Number	PR85/064
Collection type	Private Record
Record type	Collection
Measurement	1 wallet: 1cm
Object type	Diary, Papers
Maker	McGrath, William Redford, Thomas Harold
Place made	Australia
Date made	1914-1915; 1985
Access	Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room.	AWM315 419/021/021
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright	Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain
Copying Provisions	Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.

Description

Collection relating to the service of Major Thomas Harold Redford, 8 Light Horse Regiment, AIF, Australia, at sea, Egypt, Gallipoli, 1914-1915. Collection consists of a photostat copy of a diary kept by Major Redford from September 1914 to August 1915 and a typescript transcription of this diary. Entries were made in the original diary after Redford's death (7 August 1915) and are believed to have been made by Major William McGrath, 8 Light Horse Regiment, AIF.

History / Summary

This diary contains numerous brief references to men who served with Major Redford in 8 Light Horse Regiment, many of whom died on 7 August 1915, during the Charge at The Nek.

Biographical notes: Major Thomas Harold Redford, 8 Australian Light Horse. Killed in action 7th August 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.