Francis Peter BINGHAM MM

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Service Number:	TX813
Enlisted:	27 November 1939
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer Class 2
Last Unit:	2nd/3rd Field Company / Squadron RAE
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, 10 July 1914
Home Town:	Gormanston, West Coast, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fitter
Died:	Injuries (Self inflicted wound), Brunei Bay Area, Brunei Bay Area, Borneo, 3 August 1945, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	Labuan War Cemetery Plot B, Row D, Grave 6 Roll of Honour Gormanston, Labuan War Cemetery, Labuan, Malaysia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Warrant Officer Class 2, TX813, 2nd/3rd Field Company / Squadron RAE
27 Nov 1939:	Enlisted Hobart, Tasmania
27 Nov 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Warrant Officer Class 2, TX813
Date unknown:	Honoured Military Medal

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Royal Australian Engineers, 2/3 Field Regiment

Rank - Warrant Officer 11

11 February 1943 - Recommemded for Military Medal for marked coolness, bravery and leadership at Tel el Eisa.

Son of Albert and Katherine Bingham, of Gormanston, Tasmania