Thomas Wyburn BIDDLECOMBE

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BIDDLECOMBE, Thomas Wyburn

Service Number:	Commission
Enlisted:	30 August 1898, Midshipman, Royal Naval Reserve (RNR)
Last Rank:	Commander
Last Unit:	Attached Royal Navy
Born:	Shapwick, Somerset, England, 28 June 1880
Home Town:	Toorak, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Naval Officer, RNR and RAN
Died:	Killed In Action, Lost At sea (West coast of Ireland), 13 March 1917, aged 36 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Plymouth Naval Memorial - 23.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Crib Point HMAS Cerberus Protestant Chapel of St. Mark RAN Memorial Window 5, Crib Point RAN WW1 Roll of Honour (Panel 2)

Non Warlike Service

30 Aug 1898:	Enlisted Midshipman, Royal Naval Reserve (RNR)
11 Jul 1906:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Sub Lieutenant, Commission, Permanent Naval Force, from Royal Naval Reserve (RNR)
11 Jul 1908:	Promoted Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant

World War 2 Service

1 Jul 1911:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant Commander

Non Warlike Service

11 Jul 1913:	Promoted Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant Commander, HMAS Warrego (I)

World War 1 Service

4 Aug 1914:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant Commander, HMAS Pioneer
1 Jul 1916:	Transferred Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant Commander, Attached Royal Navy, London Depot, Acting Commander, HMS Warner (Q27)
13 Mar 1917:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Commander
Date unknown:	Involvement Lieutenant Commander

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Thomas Wyburn BIDDLECOMBE was born in Shapwick, Somerset, England on 28th June 1880

His parents were William Josiah BIDDLECOMBE & Amelia Ann WYBURN

He married Gertrude Mary THWAITES at St Pauls Church in Adelaide, South Australia on 27th May, 1909 & then left for England - 2 known children, Guy Wyburn b. 1910 in Swallowfield, England and Joan b. 1917 Victoria

His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Plymouth Naval Memorial (UK)

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His son Guy Wyburn BIDDLECOMBE (SN VX 117005 & V36172) served as a Major in the Army during WW2 and was discharged in 1947

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