Husband of Ruth (nee Cameron) Redford of 'Kaikora', 49 Middle Head Road, Mosman, New South Wales.
Thomas enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in September 1914 and embarked from Melbourne for Eqypt with the 8th Light Horse on 25 February 1915 per HMAT "Star of Victoria" (A16). In mid May his unit was sent without their horses to Gallipolli to serve as infantry reinforcements. On 7 August 1915, the 8th Light Horse formed the first two waves for the ill-fated charge at The Nek. Of the three hundred men who staged the charge, twelve officers and 142 men were killed with a further four officers and seventy-seven men wounded. Initially buried by the Rev Makeham at Shrapnel Terrace, Russell's Top, with the grave marked by a cross made from ammunition boxes, Major Redford's remains were removed to Walker's Ridge Cemetery in 1921.
The epitaph on his headstone is taken from Malachi Chapter III, Verse 17:
"And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him."
The epitaph simply reads -
‘Mine' Malachi III 17
Thomas enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in September 1914 and embarked from Melbourne for Eqypt with the 8th Light Horse on 25 February 1915 per HMAT "Star of Victoria" (A16). In mid May his unit was sent without their horses to Gallipolli to serve as infantry reinforcements. On 7 August 1915, the 8th Light Horse formed the first two waves for the ill-fated charge at The Nek. Of the three hundred men who staged the charge, twelve officers and 142 men were killed with a further four officers and seventy-seven men wounded. Initially buried by the Rev Makeham at Shrapnel Terrace, Russell's Top, with the grave marked by a cross made from ammunition boxes, Major Redford's remains were removed to Walker's Ridge Cemetery in 1921.
The epitaph on his headstone is taken from Malachi Chapter III, Verse 17:
"And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him."
The epitaph simply reads -
‘Mine' Malachi III 17
Husband of Ruth (nee Cameron) Redford of 'Kaikora', 49 Middle Head Road, Mosman, New South Wales.
Thomas enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in September 1914 and embarked from Melbourne for Eqypt with the 8th Light Horse on 25 February 1915 per HMAT "Star of Victoria" (A16). In mid May his unit was sent without their horses to Gallipolli to serve as infantry reinforcements. On 7 August 1915, the 8th Light Horse formed the first two waves for the ill-fated charge at The Nek. Of the three hundred men who staged the charge, twelve officers and 142 men were killed with a further four officers and seventy-seven men wounded. Initially buried by the Rev Makeham at Shrapnel Terrace, Russell's Top, with the grave marked by a cross made from ammunition boxes, Major Redford's remains were removed to Walker's Ridge Cemetery in 1921.
The epitaph on his headstone is taken from Malachi Chapter III, Verse 17:
"And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him."
The epitaph simply reads -
‘Mine' Malachi III 17
Thomas enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in September 1914 and embarked from Melbourne for Eqypt with the 8th Light Horse on 25 February 1915 per HMAT "Star of Victoria" (A16). In mid May his unit was sent without their horses to Gallipolli to serve as infantry reinforcements. On 7 August 1915, the 8th Light Horse formed the first two waves for the ill-fated charge at The Nek. Of the three hundred men who staged the charge, twelve officers and 142 men were killed with a further four officers and seventy-seven men wounded. Initially buried by the Rev Makeham at Shrapnel Terrace, Russell's Top, with the grave marked by a cross made from ammunition boxes, Major Redford's remains were removed to Walker's Ridge Cemetery in 1921.
The epitaph on his headstone is taken from Malachi Chapter III, Verse 17:
"And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him."
The epitaph simply reads -
‘Mine' Malachi III 17
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