The Redfern brothers

This is the second return out of the package I recently received from the Directorate of Honours and Awards. 

Like the return completed yesterday, this one has a family connection, the recipients were brothers.

The WWI group was awarded to 1367 Edward William Redfern. Edward was a member of 13 Bn, AIF and served at Gallipoli. Specific information provided by the family is that he was evacuated with influenza on 27 June 1915 then returned to Gallipoli on 1 August 1915. William was wounded for the first occasion at Lone Pine in 7 August 1915. He then was wounded again on 22 August 1915. This was a gunshot would to his left leg which caused him to be evacuated to the 21st General Hospital at Alexandria. Edward's condition deteriorated and he became dangerously ill. He died of his wounds on 26 November 1915.

The WWII group was awarded NX69901 Reginald Sylvester Redfern. Reg was seven years younger than Edward. The last page of Reg's service record indicates he died in 1971, he was single and his NOK was his sister, Mrs Beryl Standring. This led me to an Ancestry tree which is owned by Beryl's grandson, John. Within minutes of sending off a message I was chatting online with John. All this about 20 minutes after I started the research.

Thanks yet again to Donna for Honours and Awards.

The returned medal tally is now 2909.