WICKING, Herbert Charles
| Service Number: | 573 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tandridge, Oxted, Surrey, England., 1892 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 7 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC He is believed to have been buried in the Lone Pine Cemetery, but his grave cannot be precisely determined; hence he is commemorated by Special Memorial No. C. 146. INSCRIPTION THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT , Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 573, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 573, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
His brothers, Privates Theodore Frederick [25] and Wilfred Richard [26] both fell at the First Battle of Gaza 26 March 1917 whilst serving with the 1/4th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 53rd Division. Both are commemorated on The Jerusalem Memorial.
Sometime resident of 3 Sandfield Villas, Wick, Sussex.
Mother, Mrs. Clara Wicking, Lyminster, Littlehampton, Sussex, England
Enlistment date 21 August 1914
Unit name 2nd Battalion, E Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/19/1
Age at embarkation 22
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A23 Suffolk on 18 October 1914.
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 23 and was born in Tandridge, the son of William and Clara Seaward Wicking,later of Fullin's Cottage, Sea Lane, Ferring, Worthing, England.
Births Mar 1892 Wicking Herbert Charles Godstone 2a 198
The district Godstone is in the county of Surrey and at the time covered Tandridge and Oxted.
His date of death cannot be precisely determined but was between 07/08/1915 and 14/08/1915.
He is believed to have been buried in the Lone Pine Cemetery, but his grave cannot be precisely determined; hence he is commemorated by Special Memorial No. C. 146.
INSCRIPTION
THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT
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