Francis Cudmore BICKFORD

BICKFORD, Francis Cudmore

Service Number: SX3025
Enlisted: 20 May 1940
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 2nd/7th Field Regiment
Born: Glenelg, South Australia, 19 February 1913
Home Town: Glenelg, Holdfast Bay, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Audit Clerk
Died: McLaren Flat, McLaren Vale, South Australia, 10 December 1989, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
Memorials: Brighton Glenelg District WW2 Honour Roll, Hackney St Peter's College WW2 Honour Roll
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World War 2 Service

20 May 1940: Involvement Lieutenant, SX3025
20 May 1940: Enlisted Adelaide, SA
20 May 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, SX3025, 2nd/7th Field Regiment
13 Oct 1945: Discharged
13 Oct 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, SX3025, 2nd/7th Field Regiment

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Francis was the second of five children of Reginald Bickford (b1880 in Adelaide, South Australia) and Rosa Florence Cudmore (b1879 at Paringa, South Australia). Reginald - a Chemist and member of the Adelaide AM Bickford and Sons Coy - and Rosa married in 1910 at Glenelg in Adelaide, SA, where they settled and raised their family.

Francis married Adelaide Blades (b1910 in Southwark, SA) in 1939 at St Peter's College Chapel in Adelaide SA. Francis - an Audit Clerk and Master of the Adelaide Hunt Club Hounds - enlisted in the Australian Army in May 1940. He served (Sergeant, Lieutenant; Service No:SX3025) in the Middle East (1940 - 1943), New Guinea (1943 - 1944) and the South West Pacific Area (1945). he was attached to 2/7 Field Regiment when he was Discharged in October 1946. Brother Reginald (Captain, Major: Service Nos:S34264/SX27742) also served in WWII.

Francis died in 1989 and Adelaide in 2008.

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