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BICKHOFF, John Theodore
| Service Number: | 3766 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 August 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Barunga, Daly, South Australia, 17 June 1886 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Snowtown Soth Australia, 8 May 1933, aged 46 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Snowtown & District Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 21 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3766, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Sep 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3766, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Adelaide | |
| 9 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) |
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Date of birth Book/Page 376/14
Date of death Book/Page 548/185
32 Battalion
Rank - Private
14 November 1916 Disembarked Plymouth, England.
8 February 1917 Admitted to 15th Australian Field Ambulance, 8 February 1917 (conjunctivitis),
29 September 1917 Wounded in action, gun shot wound, right thigh arm, face
28 August 1918 Wounded in action (second occasion), gun shot wound, right arm and thigh
20 November 1918 Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Suevic', for discharge (wounded)
5 January 1919 Disembarked Melbourne, for onward travel to Adelaide;
9 March 1919 Discharged (medically unfit), Adelaide.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Son of Franz Theodore and Mary Teresa Bickhoff. Brother of 4257 Pte Joseph Stanley Bickhoff, 32nd Bn, killed in action, 19 June 1918.