BIDDLECOMBE, Thomas Wyburn
Service Number: | Commission |
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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) | |
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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 |
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Non Warlike Service
11 Jul 1913: | Promoted Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant Commander, HMAS Warrego (I) |
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World War 1 Service
4 Aug 1914: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant Commander, HMAS Pioneer | |
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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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Add my storyBiography 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