Regimental number | 3752 |
Place of birth | Torack, Victoria |
School | State School, New South Wales |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | Goomburra, via Allora, Queensland |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 24 |
Next of kin | Father, Ernest John Bickford, 'Loxley,' Greville Street, Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 31st Battalion, 9th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/48/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A49 Seang Choon on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 31st Battalion |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Bouzencourt, France |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 24 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 26 |
Place of burial | Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No. 1 (Plot VI, Row B, Grave No. 15), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 118 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Son of Ernest John Bickford, 'Locksley', Greville Street, Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales. Native of Soriak, Victoria, Australia |
Family/military connections | Father: 22221 Corporal Ernest John BICKFORD, 7th Field Company Engineers, returned to Australia, 25 September 1919; Brothers: 6715 Pte Dillon Stephen BICKFORD, 6th Bn, returned to Australia, 4 July 1919; 5073 Company Quartermaster Sergeant Edric BICKFORD, Australian General Base Depot, returned to Australia, 28 August 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |