Brabazon
Clarence
(Brab)
Badgery
Born in Leeton, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors 
Brother of
Adria Mary (Badgery) Haynes, Frank Alexander Badgery DFC and Elizabeth May (Badgery) Edwards
Died
at age 25
in Thailand
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Dec 2017
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Brab Badgery was born in New South Wales, Australia
Brabazon Clarence 'Brab' Badgery was born on 21st October 1917 at Leeton, on the Murrumbidgee River in the Riverine region of New South Wales, Australia. He was the younger son of Frank Badgery and Annie Stafford. [1] The family soon after settled on Burgoon, at Cumnock, a small farming community north of Molong and 100 kilometres south of Dubbo, New South Wales. He attended Cumnock Public School and Dubbo High School before joining his father, farming on Burgoon. [2]
Brab enlisted in the 54th Infantry Battalion, Commonwealth Military Force (Militia) on 31st January, 1939; serving as a Private in E Company. [2]
On 22nd July 1940, although 22 years of age recording his birth as two years less than reality, Brab transferred to the Second Australian Imperial Force, his nation's all-volunteer expeditionary force for the Second World War. [3][4] He embarked aboard the Queen Mary on 2nd February 1941 with the 2/19th Infantry Battalion, 22nd Brigade; which was part of the ill-fated 8th Australian Division. Four weeks later, due to his experience and leadership potential, he received promotion to Lance Corporal. At Malaya on 29th August 1941, he was transferred to Headquarters 27th Infantry Brigade. Brab was captured by the Japanese on 5th February 1942, ten days before Singapore fell, and became a Prisoner of War, held at Changi Prison after Singapore's collapse. [2]
Brab Badgery was a prisoner of war of the Japanese during the Second World War.
Brab Badgery died while a Prisoner of War during the Second World War.
Brab and many of his mates became 'slave labour' for the Japanese on the infamous Thailand-Burma Railroad. There, the previously healthy and fit 25-year old Brabazon Badgery died of cholera, beri beri, malaria, and heart failure on 9th July 1943. [5] He is buried in the Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand. Brabazon Clarence Badgery's name is located at panel 12 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, and on the Cenotaph at Cumnock. [6]
Following the war, his parents were issued his campaign and service medals: 1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945 and Australia Service Medal 1939-1945.
Brab's older brother, Alec (1912-82), also served his country during the war, being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in the Royal Australian Air Force. [7]
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| Brabazon Badgery plaque |
Thank you for your service and sacrifice, Brabazon Badgery
Sources
- ↑ New South Wales Birth Index #51160/1917
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Virtual War Memorial: Brabazon Clarence Badgery; accessed 29 Jun 2020
- ↑ Australian Imperial Force attestation papers: NX58441 Brabazon Clarence Badgery; accessed 29 Jun 2020
- ↑ Australian War Memorial nominal roll: NX58441 Lance Corporal Brabazon Clarence Badgery; accessed 29 Jun 2020
- ↑ Australian War Memorial roll of honour: NX58441 Lance Corporal Brabazon Clarence Badgery; accessed 29 Jun 2020
- ↑ Australian War Memorial roll of honour: NX58441 Lance Corporal Brabazon Clarence Badgery; accessed 29 Jun 2020
- ↑ Acrylic on canvas by Anne Marie Ingham. Molong & District Servicemen & Servicewomen’s Portrait Gallery: 'Portraits of Alec & Brab Badgery'; accessed 29 Jun 2020
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