BIDULPH, Frank
| Service Number: | 2317 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 18 November 1915, Place of enlistment - Tullah, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company |
| Born: | East Bay Neck via Hobart, Tasmania, 1 September 1871 |
| Home Town: | Zeehan, West Coast, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Bream Creek School, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Pneumonia and Meningitis, 1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom, 17 July 1916, aged 44 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cambridge City Cemetery, United Kingdom Section C, Grave 3397, Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 2317, Place of enlistment - Tullah, Tasmania | |
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| 31 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 2317, Mining Corps, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney | |
| 17 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 2317, Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2317 awm_unit: Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1916-07-17 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
On September 1, 1871 Frank was born to Thomas and Jane (nee Monk) Bedulph at East Bay Neck, via Hobart, Tasmania and his birth was registered at Point Sorrel, Tas. Siblings that followed were Samuel (1872), Everet (1874), Annie (1876), George (1880), John (1883) and Hilda May (1885) who were all registered under this spelling in the same district.
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
Died on this date - 17th July......Sapper Frank Bidulph was born at East Bay Neck, near Hobart, Tasmania in 1871. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 18th November, 1915 as a 43 year old, single Miner from Stowport, Burnie, Tasmania.
Sapper Frank Bidulph was posted to Mining Corps, No. 3 Company for recruit training. He was transferred to 2nd Reinforcements on 16th December, 1915.
Sapper Bidulph embarked from Sydney, NSW on 31st March, 1916. He arrived in France on 17th May, 1916.
Sapper Bidulph was sent sick to Hospital in France on 22nd June, 1916 & invalided to England on Hospital Ship Stad Antwerpen on 7th July, 1916.
Sapper Frank Bidulph was reported as dangerously ill with Pleurisy on 15th July, 1916.
Sapper Frank Bidulph died on 17th July, 1916 at War Hospital, Cambridge, England from Acute Pneumonia & Superative Meningitis.
The “Report of a Soldier” – Army form B. 2090 records the place of death as 1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge.
Sapper Frank Bidulph was buried in Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England where 22 other WW1 Australians are buried.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/city.html
Biography
"Mr. F. K. Astell, of Stowport, has received news from Cambridge (Eng.) of the death of Mr Frank Bidulph, from pleurisy. Mr. Bidulph who was a native of the Sorell district, and a single man, about 42 years of age, was well-known on the West Coast. He enlisted at Tullah for active service with the Miners' Corp's." - from the North Western Advocate and the Emu Bay Times 27 Jul 1916 (nla.gov.au)
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