Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Bickham, Charles Henry

Born N ewport Victoria the son of Henry and Mary Ann Bickham (nee Wilkie) but living and working as a butcher at Lefroy Tasmania he embarked Hobart 1^st July 1916 on board “HMAT Berrima” with the 40^th Infantry Battalion.

He was promoted to Lance Corporal 1^st July 1916 with another promotion to Corporal on 1^st October 1917.

He was killed in action 12^th October 1917 at Passchendaele Ypres Belgium and is commemorated on the The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

His brother Lance Corporal Clifford William George Bickham also of the 40th Batallion was killed in action, Messines, Belgium, 7 June 1917

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