BICKFORD, Leslie James
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 10 June 1915, No 16 Depot |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 15 March 1887 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Commercial Traveller |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 13 March 1962, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, No 16 Depot | |
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| 12 Feb 1916: | Involvement 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Feb 1916: | Embarked 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle | |
| 22 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 11th Infantry Battalion, GSW right foot - Boulogne, France | |
| 9 Sep 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
| 10 Mar 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 11th Infantry Battalion, per HT Orontes to Fremantle | |
| 5 Jul 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 11th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Leslie was the third child of Stephen Sawle Bickford (b1855 in Adelaide, South Australia) and Caroline Dimond (b1859 in Portland, Victoria). Stephen - a Manager - and Caroline married in 1881 in Melbourne, Victoria and by 1899 Stephen was an Engine Driver. The family relocated to Perth WA in 1902, where Stephen worked as an Engine Driver.
Leslie was a Commercial Traveller in Perth, WA when he enlisted in the AIF in 1915, initially serving as a Private with No 16 Depot before re-enlisting and serving as a Lieutenant with 11th Infantry Battalion. Leslie was WiA in France in July 1916 (GSW right foot) and was Discharged in July 1918.
Back in Perth WA, Leslie was working as a Commercial Traveller when he married Ruby Vicky Jones (b1890 in Yatala, South Australia) in 1918. Leslie and Ruby settled in Perth WA where Leslie worked as a Commercial Traveller and Departmental Manager. In WWII he served (Lieutenant; Service No:W83132) with 1 (WA) Battalion VDC. Both sons - Lindsay Stuart (Service No:17898) and Colin James (Service No:415607) served with the RAAF in WWII.
Leslie died in 1962 and Ruby in 1986.