Major Francis Lawrence Bignell

Ranks Held Captain, Major
Birth Date 1886-05-03
Birth Place Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Carlton
Death Date 1928-08-27
Final Rank Major
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 26th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 7th Australian Field Ambulance
  • Australian Army Medical Corps
Place Carlton
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • First World War, 1914-1918
Gazettes Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-11-07
Published in London Gazette in 1917-12-28
Published in London Gazette in 1919-06-03
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-04-18

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    Informal portrait of Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Travers and staff of the 26th Battalion at Neuve ...

    Informal portrait of Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Travers and staff of the 26th Battalion at Neuve ...

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Date of birth 03 May 1886
Date of enlistment 06 September 1916
Date of embarkation 30 September 1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 08 September 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 30 September 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 05 March 1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 09 March 1918
Date returned to Australia 02 June 1919
Date of death 27 August 1928

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