Lieutenant General William Bridgeford

Service number VX38969, 3/6
Ranks Held Brigadier, Captain, Lieutenant, Lieutenant General, Major, Major General, Temporary Brigadier, Temporary Major General
Birth Date 28/07/1894
Birth Place Australia: Victoria
Death Date 21/09/1971
Death Place Australia: Queensland, Brisbane
Final Rank Lieutenant General
Service Army
Units
  • 1 Corps
  • 29th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 3 Australian Division
  • 8th Australian Infantry Brigade
  • 8th Australian Machine Gun Company
  • 8th Infantry Brigade Headquarters Machine Gun Company And Light Trench Mortar Battery
  • Australian Corps
  • British Commonwealth Forces Korea
  • Gen list
  • NGF HQ
Places
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
  • Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960
  • Korean War, 1950-1953
  • Period 1945-1959

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    A GROUP OF AIF PERSONNEL OF HEADQUARTERS 1ST AUSTRALIAN CORPS ABOARD A TROOPSHIP BOUND FROM THE ...

    ALEY, SYRIA. 1941-12-31. BRIGADIER W. BRIDGEFORD MC, THE DEPUTY-ASSISTANT-QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL, ...

    ALEY, SYRIA. 1941-12-31. BRIGADIER W. BRIDGEFORD MC THE DEPUTY-ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTER GENERAL, ...

    MELBOURNE, VIC. 1947. FIELD MARSHAL VISCOUNT MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN, KG, GCB, KCB, CB, DSO., CHIEF ...

    PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-28. VX1 GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY GBE KCB CMG DSO ED, ...

    VX1 General Sir Thomas Blamey GBE KCB CMG DSO ED, Commander in Chief, Allied Land Forces, South ...

    Port Moresby, New Guinea. 28 December 1943. VX1 General Sir Thomas Blamey GBE KCB CMG DSO , ...

    Port Moresby, New Guinea. 28 December 1943. VX1 General Sir Thomas Blamey GBE KCB CMG DSO ED, ...

    MELBOURNE, VIC. 1944-03-31. AN INFORMAL GROUP OF GUESTS AT COCKTAILS BEFORE A FORMAL DINNER GIVEN ...

    MELBOURNE, VIC. 1944-03-31. AN INFORMAL GROUP OF GUESTS AT COCKTAILS BEFORE A FORMAL DINNER GIVEN ...

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Timeline

Date of birth 28/07/1894
Date of embarkation 10/11/1915
Date of enlistment 29/06/1915
Date of recommendation honour or award 12/10/1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 08/10/1916
Date returned to Australia 02/03/1919
Date of death 21/09/1971

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