Casimir Jack Bavich

Casimir Jack Bavich

Personal Information
Date of Birth	5 Mar 1921
Place of Birth	Solta, Yugoslavia
Death	5 May 1962
Place of Death	Armadale, Western Australia
Age at Enlistment	20 year, 4 months
Description	6'0" (1.83m) tall ; ; medium complexion ; brown eyes ; brown hair
Occupation	Market gardener
Religion	Roman Catholic
Address	Railwy avenue, Armadale, Western Australia
Next of Kin	Father , Mr Robert Bavich
Military Information
Reg Number	W20756 & WX32009
Date of Enlistment	1 Aug 1941 & 8 Sep 1942
Rank	Private
Unit/Formation	2/8th Australian Field Ambulance
Military Movement
1st Departure from Australia
Journey Dates	26 Apr 1945
Journey Dates	‒ 16 Feb 1946
Post War Details
Fate	Returned to Australia
Medals	1939-45 Star Pacific Star War Medal 1939-45 Australian Service Medal 1939-45

War Service

Casimir was enlisted in the part time CMF on 1 Aug 1941, allocated to the 118th Australian General Hospital. He was sent to the Melville Camp for initial training, before returning to his unit on 22 Aug 1941, and was called up for full time service on 21 Feb 1942. On 3 Jan 1943 Casimir was charged with havign been AWOL from midnight 1 Jan 1942 until midnight 2 Jan 1942. He was fined 30/- and forfeited a day's pay. On 1 Jul 1943 hhe was charged with Conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline for which he was fined £3.

Casimir was transferred on 7 Sep 1943 to the 5th Australian Field Ambulance. On 19 Nov 1943 he was admitted to the Main Dressing Station with bronchitis, returning to his unit on 24 Nov 1943. On 3 Dec 1943 he was charged with conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline in that his kit was not in inspection order by 11:30am on 2 Dec 1943. aOn 9 Jan 1944 he was granted 24 days leave, and on his return

8 Sep 1942 enlisted in the 2nd AIF Discharged 26 Jun 1946

Post War

Electoral Roll entries: 1949 - 1958 Railway avenue, Armadale, labourer.

UTILITY OVERTURNS - FOUR MEN HURT

Four men were injured when a utility skidded and over-turned in loose gravel on Albany-rd, about 5½ miles east of the Narrogin Inn, early yesterday. Taken to hospita! were :

• William Alfred Saunders (29), Canns-rd., Armadale, shoulder injury;
• Alfred Gregory (33), 5th Road, Armadale, concussion and fractured ribs;
• Angus George MacLean (23) and
• Ian Stuart MacLean (22), Devonshire-Tce., Armadale, concussion and lacerations.

Saunders and Gregory were allowed to leave Royal Perth Hospital after treatment, but the MacLeans were detained. Utility was being driven towards Perth by Saunders when it failed to take an S-bend. Although the vehicle was extensively damaged, 3 of its passengers escaped injury. They were Casimir Bavish, Railwav-Ave, Armadale, Morris Jerard O'Brien, Prospect rd, Armadale, and Norman James, Prospect-rd, Armadale.