BERMINGHAM, William Martin
| Service Number: | 3016 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 July 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 24th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Oamaru, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | St Patricks School, Oamaru, NZ |
| Occupation: | Hairdresser |
| Died: | Died of Wounds, France, 17 February 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension Plot II, Row D, Grave 40 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3016, 1st Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 8 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3016, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3016, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Sydney | |
| 2 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 24 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, 1st Machine Gun Company | |
| 9 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal | |
| 23 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant | |
| 24 Mar 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant | |
| 25 Sep 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant | |
| 30 Oct 1917: | Honoured Military Cross | |
| 17 Feb 1918: | Involvement Lieutenant, 24th Machine Gun Company, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 24th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-02-17 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
William Martin BERMINGHAM was born in Oamaru, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand in 1894
His parents were Michael BERMINGHAM & Mary O'CONNOR who married in New Zealand in 1887
He had previously served in the Oamaru Royal Cadets in NZ before he came to Australia and enlisted in Liverpool, NSW on 5th July, 1915 & embarked with the 1st Infantry Battalion, 10th Reinforcements on the HMAT Warilda from Sydney on 8th October, 1915
William died of wounds in France on 17th February, 1918 and is buried in the Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension in France - his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial
He was awarded a Military Cross on 30th October, 1917
"For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when in command of machine guns in the front trenches. When two of his guns were blown up, four men being killed and three buried, he assisted in digging the men out and despite heavy shelling obtained new guns from headquarters. Later when the position was again shelled he supervised the withdrawal of his guns and the removal of the wounded. Commonwealth Gazette no. 150 24th September, 1918
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