BINGLE, William Reginald
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 10 June 1915, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Captain (Chaplain 4th Class) |
| Last Unit: | 39th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia, 29 October 1888 |
| Home Town: | Brighton, Bayside, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Melbourne C of E Grammar School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Civil Servant |
| Died: | Motor Accident, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 11 May 1924, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: |
Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria Church of England ZD 914 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 39th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 27 May 1916: | Involvement 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 27 May 1916: | Embarked 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 39th Infantry Battalion | |
| 22 Feb 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 39th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, GSW forehead - skull fracture | |
| 26 Nov 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 39th Infantry Battalion | |
| 9 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Captain (Chaplain 4th Class) , 39th Infantry Battalion | |
| 6 Oct 1919: | Honoured Member of the Order of the British Empire |
Captain William Bingle MBE
From How We Served
Captain William Reginald Bingle MBE of Middle Brighton, Victoria had been employed as a civil servent when he enlisted or War Service on the 10th of June 1915. Following Wiliam's successful application for an Officer's Commission, he was promoted to Lieutenant and taken on strength with the 39th Battalion,1st AIF. Wiliam embarked for England and further training on the 27th of May 1916 and by 23rd of November he had been sent accross to France.
William's service in the trenches would be cut short following his receiving serious shrapnel wounds to the head on the 11th of Feburary 1917. Sent back to England for hospitalisation, and by the 12th of Septmber, William had recovered enough to be made a Training Officer and would be retained in England. Following contracting influenzer William was again hospitalised on the 1st of September 1918 , and following his recovery he was again posted back to duties as a training officer.
For his sevices in England, William was promoted to Captain and was made a Member of the British Empire (MBE). William departed from England bound for Australia on the 8th of March 1919. The injuries which William had received caused him to be hospitalised after reaching Australia, and he was soon admitted into the 5th Australian General Hospital (Melbourne). On the 11th of May 1924 Captain William Bingle MBE died as a result of his services in 'The Great War', an he was laid to rest within Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria.
Submitted 15 March 2019 by Evan Evans
Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
W. R. BINGLE enlisted on 10th June 1915 and embarked as 2nd Lieutenant in 39th Battalion on 27th May 1916. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 7th October, arrived in France in November 1916, and took part in raids and ordinary trench duty until 11th February 1917,
when he was wounded in head.
After three months in bed he was discharged from hospital unfit for general service. He was appointed R.T.O. and promoted to Captain on Permanent Supernumerary List on 12th December 1918. His name was on 27th March 1919 brought to notice of the Secretary of State for War for valuable services rendered in connexion with the War, and he was awarded M.B.E. for his work as R.T.O. He returned to Australia on 30th April and his appointment was terminated on 9th July 1919.
Biography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Walter David BINGLE and Emily nee PINHEY
3yrs Melbourne Grammar School Cadets
CAPTAIN W. R. BINGLE, who was killed through his car running into a telegraph pole in St. Kilda street, Brighton, early on Sunday morning. He was an Old Melburnian, with a distinguished war record, and was a member of the War Gratuities Board.
Captain W. R. Bingle, who was killed in a motor accident at St. Kilda, Melbourne, on Saturday night, had a distinguished, war record. He left originally with the 39th Battalion. After being severely wounded in France, he was stationed at Paddington Terminus as railway transport officer, from July, 1917, till after the armistice. Captain Bingle was the only son of Mr. W. D. Bingle, Under-Secretary for Federal Works and Railways.
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