BICKFORD, Lindsay Stuart
| Service Numbers: | 17898, WX35625 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 September 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | District Accounts Office (NG) |
| Born: | Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia , 16 February 1920 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Perth Technical College, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 28 October 2017, aged 97 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 2 Service
| 30 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 17898, Royal Australian Air Force | |
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| 20 Sep 1941: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 17898, Royal Australian Air Force | |
| 20 Nov 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, WX35625 | |
| 5 Apr 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, WX35625, District Accounts Office (NG) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Lindsay was the eldest of two children of Leslie James Bickford (b1887 in Melbourne, Victorai) and Ruby Vicky Jones (b1890 in Yatala, South Australia). Leslie - a Commercial Traveller - and Ruby married in Perth WA in 1918. Leslie served in WWI (Lieutenant; 11th Infantry Battalion) and WWII (Lieutenant; Service No:W83132) with the Volunteer Defence Corps. He and Ruby settled in Perth to raise their family and Leslie was a Commercial Traveller and Departmental Manager.
Lindsay was a Clerk with the Harbour Trust when he enlisted with the Militia in 1938 (Corporal; 16th Battalion) and in September 1940 he enlisted in the RAAF (Aircraftman 1; Service No:17898). Discharged in September 1941, Lindsay enlisted in the Australian Army (Sergeant; Service No:WX35625). He was attached to District Accounts Office New Guinea when he was Discharged in April 1946. Brother Colin James served with the RAAF (Service No:415607).
Lindsay settled back in Perth, WA where he was working as a Clerk in 1947 when he married Marjorie Joan Green (b1920 in Perth WA). Lindsay and Marjorie settled in Perth where Lindsay was a Clerk. Marjorie died in 1998 and Lindsay in 2017.