Terry Redden
Image: Eileen Redden
FatherThomas Redden b. 7 Sep 1909, d. 10 Apr 1983
MotherEileen Phillips b. 17 Jan 1911, d. 7 Jan 2001
Pedigree

Birth, Death, Marriage

Terence Hugh Redden was born on 25 July 1938 in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria.1 
He died on 6 December 1995 in Western Australia at age 57.1 
ChartsO'Loughlin, Michael, descendant chart
Phillips, James, descendant chart

Story

Terence Hugh was born in Bacchus Marsh on 25 July 1938. He was the second child of Eileen and Thomas. He was known as Terry.1
 
Early Childhood
When Terry was born, the family farmed in Balliang about 10 km south of Bacchus Marsh. Terry moved with his wandering family, first to Geelong for 12 months, then on a farm near Mortlake for several years. He went to school at St Joseph's in Geelong.2
 
Catching Up with Cousins
There were a few cousins around Bacchus Marsh, and they often met with others from further afield. They also played with the Hardys, including writer Frank Hardy, and television and radio personality, Mary Hardy.3
Back: Pat Simmons (headless), Roylyn Phillips, Rene Phillips, Maureen O'Loughlin; Middle: Joy Phillips, Marg Simmons; front: Bill Simmons, c. 1940
Image: Roylyn Phillips
Roylyn Phillips, Terry Redden, Joy Phillips, John Redden
Image: Roylyn Phillips
Back: John Redden, Bev Phillips, Terry Redden; front: Joy Phillips, Pat Redden, Roylyn Phillips
Image: Roylyn Phillips
From East to West
Around 1954, the family decided to move to Western Australia, with their first home being near Mt Barker just north of Albany.

The family all travelled from Mortlake to Adelaide by caravan, then Eilie and some of the children went by ship, and Tom took the others across the Nullabor.4
Terry Redden, (friend of Terry), Eileen Redden (Phillips), Julie Redden (front), John Redden (back), (friend of Terry), Tom Redden at their Porongurup home near Mt Barker
Image: Eileen Redden
Teenage Years
When the family moved to Mt Barker, Terry attended Sacred Heart school, as indicated by this account of the 1954 Royal visit:
'She was beaut' seemed to be the description which came easiest to the excited children, among them being Terry Redden, aged 15, and Hubert Duckett, aged 13, of the Sacred Heart School, Mt Barker.5

HM Queen Elizabeth II, Centennial park, Albany, Apr 1954
Image: NLA
When asked to name the places where the family has lived, Eilie once responded with this list: Balliang (Vic), West Geelong, East Geelong, Ellerslie (near Mortlake), Carburup (near Mt Barker, WA), Mt Barker, Porongurup, Kulin (150 km east of Williams), Mt Barker, Albany, Nanarup (near Albany), Rolystone (Perth suburb), Kelmscot (Perth suburb), Bedfordale (Perth suburb), High Wicombe (Perth suburb), Lesmurdie (Perth suburb), a different place in Lesmurdie, Denmark (the town in WA near Albany, not the country!). John moved independently at one stage.6,7
 
Navy and Waving Terms with Bob Menzies
Terry's early working life was with the Royal Australian Navy. He enlisted in Fremantle in September 1957 and his service number was R53549.

He trained at HMAS Cerberus in Crib Point on the eastern side of the Mornington peninsula. By March 1958, he was a 'writer'.

He also served on HMAS Gascoyne, a River-class frigate, and at HMAS Albatross in Nowra.8,9,10
 
I don't know what he wrote, but it was secret stuff, because sometimes he was escorted to the toilet, and the rest of us were screened. Terry was on 'waving terms' with Bob Menzies. [Eileen Redden]11
 
Terry had his 21st birthday party at our place in Bacchus Marsh, as he was unable to go home to WA for it. [Moyna Redden]12
 
Terry's original enlistment was for six years and he left in September 1963. At that time he was recommended and tentatively selected to serve as clerk/driver for the Australian Liaison Officer in Korea for a period of 16 months.8
 
Love for the Pilbara
Terry worked for many years from about 1966 for Hamersley Iron. He was involved in the very early days of the Tom Price mining operation, when accommodation consisted of tents in the red dirt. He worked primarily in a financial capacity but was also actively involved in the settlement's social activities, being a long-time secretary of the local horse racing club. He loved the area, but it didn't like him; being a fair-skinned redhead he developed many melanomas, from which he prematurely died.

In his later working life he moved to Perth where Hamersley Iron's parent company CRA (later Rio Tinto) was located. But he still longed for the Pilbara.13,12
 
Terence Hugh Redden died in Western Australia in 1995, aged 57. He was buried at Allambie Park cemetery in Albany.2,14
 

Citations

  1. [S136] Moyna Redden, personal communication, 28 March 1998.
  2. [S31] Eileen Redden, personal communication, 25 February 1996.
  3. [S45] Joy Prouse, personal communication, 13 March 1996.
  4. [S31] Eileen Redden, personal communication, 18 May 1996.
  5. [S692] 'The Queen enthralls huge crowds at Albany', Great Southern Herald, 1901-, newspaper, Edwin Mitchell, 2 April 1954, pp. 1-2, viewed 16 July 2014.
  6. [S31] Eileen Redden, personal communication, 5 December 1998.
  7. [S44] Roylyn Phillips, personal communication, 9 December 1998.
  8. [S369] 'Redden Terence Hugh', A6770 Service Cards for Petty Officers and Men 1911-1970, control symbol 'Redden T H', service record, 1957-1963.
  9. [S246] Wikipedia, online, Wikimedia Foundation, 'HMAS Gascoyne', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Gascoyne
  10. [S246] Wikipedia, online, Wikimedia Foundation, 'HMAS Albatross', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Albatross_(air_station).
  11. [S31] Eileen Redden, personal communication, 16 November 1996.
  12. [S136] Moyna Redden, personal communication, 20 July 2014.
  13. [S31] Eileen Redden, personal communication, 10 March 1996.
  14. [S442] 'Allambie Park cemetery, Albany', Oz Burials: Lorraine's cemetery records pages, online register, Terence Hugh Redden entry, viewed 23 June 2020, http://www.ozburials.com/CemsWA/Albany/Albany.htm