| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | P11413.002 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Digital file |
| Maker |
Kalma |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Bendigo |
| Date made | c May 1915 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of 1519 Private (Pte) Edward Bickford, 21st Battalion. Pte Bickford, a labourer ...
Description
Studio portrait of 1519 Private (Pte) Edward Bickford, 21st Battalion. Pte Bickford, a labourer from Bendigo, Victoria, enlisted on 8 April 1915 and embarked from Melbourne on 28 June 1915 aboard HMAT Berrima (A38). He was killed in action on 26 August 1916 aged 27 and is commemorated at the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial in France. He had three brothers who served in the AIF: 1518 Private, later Corporal (Cpl) Robert John Bickford, also of the 21st Battalion and who embarked on the same day and died of wounds in France on 12 January 1917, (see P11413.001 taken at the same time); 815 Cpl William Bickford, 14th Battalion who 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.