BINGLEY, Claud William
| Service Number: | 2780 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 54th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Darlington, New South Wales, Australia, May 1892 |
| Home Town: | Darlington Point, Murrumbidgee Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | St Andrew's Church of England Cathedral Choir School, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Locomotive fireman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France , 15 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2780, 54th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 7 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2780, 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2780, 54th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Claud William BINGLEY was the older of two brothers who both worked for the NSWGR&T and who were both killed in action in WW I. The other brother was Frederick Joseph Bingley. Claud was born on 1 April 1893 at Darlington in Sydney and he went to St Andrews Cathedral Choir School in Sydney. On 20 May 1912 he joined the NSWGR&T as a shop boy in the Locomotive Branch at Eveleigh. On 27 January 1913 he was promoted to cleaner and on 4 April 1916 he was released to join the AIF.
Claud enlisted in the AIF on 23 March 1916 with the rank of Private (Service Number 2780) and was posted to the 6th Reinforcements to the 54th Infantry Battalion. He gave his previous occupation as Loco fireman and he nominated his mother, Edith Bingley of Darlington, NSW, as his next of kin.
Claud embarked on HMAT A40 ‘Ceramic’ at Sydney for England on 7 October 1916 and disembarked at Plymouth on 21 November 1916. He was sent to France shortly afterwards, reaching the 5th Australian Division Brigade Depot at Etaples on 22 December 1916. He stayed there until 21 March 1917, apart from a six-day spell in hospital with scabies from 3 February 1917 and was taken on strength at the 54th Infantry Battalion on 23 March 1917. On 15 May 1917 he was killed in action at Bullecourt. His gravesite is unknown, and he is commemorated at the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France.
In addition to the two Bingley brothers killed in action, a third brother, Sergeant George Bingley, was wounded in action at Villers-Bretonneux, but survived the war.
(NAA B2455-3083205)
Submitted 11 May 2023 by John Oakes
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