Francis Peter BINGHAM MM

BINGHAM, Francis Peter

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
Show Relationships

World War 2 Service

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 (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, TX813
Date unknown: Honoured Military Medal

Help us honour Francis Peter Bingham's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography

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