BICKFORD, Francis Cudmore
| Service Number: | SX3025 |
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| 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 |
World War 2 Service
| 20 May 1940: | Involvement Lieutenant, SX3025 | |
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| 20 May 1940: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
| 20 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, SX3025, 2nd/7th Field Regiment | |
| 13 Oct 1945: | Discharged | |
| 13 Oct 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, SX3025, 2nd/7th Field Regiment |
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Add my storyBiography 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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