Cliford Joseph WICKERSON

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WICKERSON, Cliford Joseph

Service Number:	NX69050
Enlisted:	6 March 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Billinudgel, New South Wales, Australia, 31 March 1919
Home Town:	Byron Bay, Byron Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Yandina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, 31 January 1975, aged 55 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Nambour Garden Cemetery, Qld
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World War 2 Service

6 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX69050, 2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion
27 Jun 1941:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX69050, 2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion, ex Sydney to Middle East per US11A
11 Dec 1942:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX69050, 2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion, ex Middle East to Sydney per Mauretania
14 Mar 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX69050, 2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Cliff was the eldest of six children of Joseph Jenner Wickerson (b1894 at Maroochy River in QLD) and Cynthia Annie Sheather (b1899 in Casino, NSW). Joseph - a Farmer - and Cynthia married in 1918 in Kunghur, NSW and settled in the Byron Bay region to raise their family. Joseph had enlisted briefly in WWI, and was a Farmer.

Cliff was a Labourer in Byron Bay NSW when he enlisted in 1941. He served as a Private (Service No:48377) with 41 Infantry Battalion before serving with the AIF (Private; Service No:NX69050), Cliff served in Palestine with 16 Training Battalion and 2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion (27 June 1941 - 11 December 1942). He was Discharged in March 1946. Father Joseph and Uncle Arthur, and numerous cousins also served in WWII.

In 1945 Cliff married Adelaide Lillian Tigell (b1921 at Peace Creek, Crows Nest on the Darling Downs in QLD). Cliff and Adelaide settled at Middle Pocket in Billinudgel in Northern NSW where Cliff was a Banan Grower. In the early 1950s Cliff and Adelaide moved to North Arm near Nambour QLD where Cliff was a Labourer. The family relocated to Yandina on the Sunshine Coast in the late 1950s, where Cliff worked as Labourer. Cliff died in 1975 and Adelaide in 1986.

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