Regimental number | 3033 |
Place of birth | Corowa, New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Farrier |
Address | Cabramatta, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 28 |
Height | 5' 8.25" |
Weight | 140 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Jane Bedingfeld, Barnett Avenue, Bondi, Sydney, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Nil (previously rejected for AIF enlistment on account of varicose veins). |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Sydney, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 6th Light Horse Regiment, 22nd Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/11/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A13 Katuna on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 6th Light Horse Regiment |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 7662 Sergeant Alfred Samuel F BEDINGFELD, Australian Army Pay Corps, returned to Australia, 8 April 1918; 14267 Sapper Richard Henry Norman BEDINGFELD, Wireless Signal Squadron, discharged, 13 September 1917; 2587 2nd Air Mechanic Norman BEDINGFELD, 2nd Special Draft, returned to Australia, 6 May 1919. |
Other details |
War service: taken on strength, 2nd Light Horse Training Regiment, 27 January 1917. Attached to School of Instruction 25B Hotchkiss Gun Course, 15 April 1917; rejoined unit, having passed as Gunner, 25 April 1917. Taken on strength, 6th Light Horse Regiment, 5 July 1917. Admitted to 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance, 23 October 1917 (tonsillitis); transferred to Anzac Recovery Station, Shellal Junction, 24 October 1917; to Hospital Train, 25 October 1917, and admitted to 43rd Stationary Hospital, El Arish, 25 October 1917; transferred to 24th Stationary Hospital, 27 October 1917; discharged to duty, 29 October 1917; rejoined 6th Light Horse Regiment, 23 December 1917. Admitted to 24th Stationary Hospital, Kantara, 11 January 1919 (malaria); transferred to 14th Australian General Hospital, Abbassia, 19 January 1919. Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HT 'Margha', 29 January 1919; arrived Melbourne, 5 March 1919, for onward travel by boat to Sydney; discharged (medically unfit), Sydney, 29 May 1919. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Miscellaneous details | Surname incorrectly recorded on Embarkation Roll as BEDINGFIELD. |