Feature Profiles
20 May, 2026
Homage to Richard
Richard Redwood born Oct 1903 at Inglewood- son of Reuben and Anges Redwood - enlisted in Australian Infantry in June 1940 in Caulfield. At the time of enlisting Richard was an employee at Bridgewater Flour Mill.
Richard Redwood born Oct 1903 at Inglewood- son of Reuben and Anges Redwood - enlisted in Australian Infantry in June 1940 in Caulfield. At the time of enlisting Richard was an employee at Bridgewater Flour Mill.
Before being deployed to Darwin to join the ill-fated AIF 2/21 Battalion which was made up mainly of country soldiers from around Victoria, Richard married his sweet heart Hilda Barton on January 11, 1941. Richard never got to return to Victoria before being deployed to the Indonesian island of Ambon where he died in 1945, never getting to hold his daughter Margaret (Rawson). Richard Redwood’s name is on the Honour Roll at Bridgewater Memorial Hall.
Granddaughter Lisa Schiller, grandson Scott Rowson and niece Rosalie Evans, of Bridgewater, and their partners last month joined 22 members on the Gull Force 2/21 Association Anzac Day Pilgrimage 2026 to Ambon, to pay their respect to their grandfather and uncle who didn’t make it home.
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