| Place | Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Bendigo |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | P11413.001 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Digital file |
| Maker |
Kalma |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Bendigo |
| Date made | c 1916 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of 1518 Private, later Corporal (Cpl) Robert John Bickford, 21st Battalion. Cpl ...
Description
Studio portrait of 1518 Private, later Corporal (Cpl) Robert John Bickford, 21st Battalion. Cpl Bickford, a labourer from Bendigo, Victoria, enlisted on 8 April 1915 and embarked from Melbourne on 28 June aboard HMAT Berrima (A35). He died of wounds in France on 12 January 1917 aged 32 and is buried at the Dartmoor Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, France. He had three brothers who also served in the AIF:; 1519 Pte Edward Bickford enlisted with Robert in the same unit and was killed in action at Pozieres on 26 August 1916 aged 27 (see P11413.002); 815 Cpl William Bickford, 14th Battalion was killed in action in France on 11 April 1917 aged 25 and their youngest brother, 716 Lance Corporal Nicholas Bickford, 6th Battalion who enlisted aged 19 on 7 January 1915, served at Gallipoli, in France and Belgium, and returned to Australia in 1919.