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PICOT, Frank
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1536 |
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Enlisted: | 15 December 1914, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom, 1895 |
Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
Schooling: | Kingswood School, Bath, England |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Died of wounds - thigh, Government Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt, 8 June 1915 |
Cemetery: |
Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Row M, Grave 116 Rev. D.M. Bartlett, Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
15 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1536, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD | |
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13 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1536, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
13 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1536, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Address at the time of enlistment was 'Hearelwood', Yalangar, Toowoomba, QLD
Son of James and Annie Picot of Garstang, Lancashire later of Kings Road, St Peters Port, Guernsey. Brother of Henri Mignot Picot who returned to Australia on 21 January 1919 having served with the 41st Battalion
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal