REDIN, Leonard George
| Service Number: | 517 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 May 1916, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Dalby, Western Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Pulteney Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Motor Mechanic |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 22 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Pulteney Grammar School WW1 & WW2 Honour Board, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Tara Shire WW1 Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 13 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 517, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 22 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 517, 15th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 517, 15th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Persic, Melbourne | |
| 22 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 517, 4th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 517 awm_unit: 4th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-22 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ned Young
War service: Western Front
Embarked from Melbourne, 22 December 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 3 March 1917.
Proceeded overseas to France, 27 April 1917; taken on strength, 4th Machine Gun Company, 5 May 1917.
Killed in action, Belgium, 22 October 1917.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Wife, Mrs Isla REDIN, Campbelltown, South Australia, made a statutory declaration, 7 December 1917, stating that following her marriage to G.L. REDIN on 7 October 1910, he deserted her the same month, leaving a daughter, to move to Dalby, Queensland. Mrs Redin was subsequently declared to be the next of kin for the purpose of medals.
Via AIF Project, Canberra