John Winter Kingham BEDDOME

BEDDOME, John Winter Kingham

Service Numbers: B2202, SX30147
Enlisted: 30 June 1915, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Last Unit: 4 Advanced Ordnance Depot
Born: Blinman, South Australia, 9 November 1892
Home Town: Lockleys, City of West Torrens, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Railway clerk
Died: Natural causes, Adelaide, South Australia, 26 October 1977, aged 84 years
Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
Memorials: Blinman Boer War, WW1 & WW2 Honour Rolls, Blinman Boer War, WW1 & WW2 Honour Rolls, Woodville Uniting Church Honour Board
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World War 1 Service

30 Jun 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, B2202, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, South Australia
16 Sep 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 27th Infantry Battalion
12 Jan 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1
12 Jan 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide
12 Sep 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 27th Infantry Battalion
30 Dec 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 27th Infantry Battalion
10 Jun 1918: Wounded Captain, 27th Infantry Battalion, Merris (France), Shell wound (buttocks)
24 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, 27th Infantry Battalion

World War 2 Service

24 Aug 1942: Enlisted Major, SX30147, Caulfield, Victoria
24 Aug 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant Colonel, SX30147
25 Aug 1942: Involvement Major, SX30147
27 Sep 1945: Promoted Lieutenant Colonel, 4 Advanced Ordnance Depot
16 Aug 1946: Discharged Lieutenant Colonel, SX30147, 4 Advanced Ordnance Depot
16 Aug 1946: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant Colonel, SX30147

World War 1 Service

Date unknown: Involvement 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
Date unknown: Involvement 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography

Embarked as a 2nd Lieutenant with 8th Reinforcements for 27th Battalion AIF

Wounded in Action

Discharged as a Captain

Served in WW2 as a Commanding Officer 4th Advanced Ordnance Depot (Lieutenant Colonel)

 

Submitted by Robert (Bob) Kearney.

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