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WILLIAM * BICKFORD

Regimental number815
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressRavenswood, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, G Bickford, Ravenswood, Victoria
Enlistment date12 September 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll12 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name14th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/31/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 18 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll14th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 11 April 1917
Date of death11 April 1917
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialQueant Road Cemetery (Plot I, Row G, Grave No. 4), Buissy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
173
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert George and Hannah Jane BICKFORD, Ravenswood, Victoria, Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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