MAJOR H. J. REDMOND

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 119, 22 May 1931, Page 11

MAJOR H. J. REDMOND

|; Ma-ior^ H. J. Eedniffnd, - M.B.*E. ( , N.ZiS.C.,'of Stanley. Bay, Auckland, who died on Wednesday, at tho age of 50 years, was born in Wellington, 'his father, Mr. T. P.'Eedmond, being one of the oldest settlers there. Major. Eedmond was an the Laud and Income Tax 'Department,, Wellington, and he •was actively associated with the volunteer' movement; .being colour-sergeant in the Civil Service Bifles.' In 1902 he was appointed staff sergeant-majqr in tho Defence Department, and .for the next ten years was.stationed at Nelson, where he was <!i promoted to lieuteriant 1 '&M, iiioh 'tran^ife^fed' to;. Oamarii; !;..: He [was" there .prpinotedi to^..captain.' in cliarge of the i.Otli reglmektiil district, North Otagp. Jin 1918 Major Eedmond was transforrecl/to1.; DunedU), and in 1920 to Auckland,, being.,:promoted to major in 193Q.17 HC retired in 'Vl^O, Major. Eedmon.fl,;was'one of ,the-.leading .in'enibers.'. of. thp'" ; , Auckland .; Military Spojcts Association; a.iinemb.er/Vofi ;th6 'committee of'r.the '■'">: AucklSna Union, and at the time'of his" death was president of thir; North. ; Shore Eugby Football; Club. Ht> -vva,s a icad,ing niember of the Auckland Ainateui' Oporatic Society' and' gave;"valuable assistance ;as produ'eei' to the university 'students and other amateur; societies.. Major Eedmond. was awarded the, M.B.E. for services during the Great War. He also had the honour of being tho first man in the Dominion to be awarded the Stead gold medal by the Eoyal Humane Society. This award, the highest in the gift of the society, was made in recognition of Major Eedmond saving the lives of four persons in 1906 in a coach accident in the flooded Collins'.• Elver, between Blenheim and Nelson.