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PICKER, William Patrick
Personal Details
Service Number: | 4555 |
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Enlisted: | 25 August 1915 |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | East Adelaide, SA, 20 February 1895 |
Home Town: | Hynam, Naracoorte and Lucindale, South Australia |
Schooling: | Hynam Scool, SA |
Occupation: | School Teacher |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 18 September 1918, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ceduna Denial Bay and Districts WW1 Roll of Honor, Charra Woolshed Hall WW1 Roll of Honour, Naracoorte War Memorial, Naracoorte and District Town Hall Honour Board WW1, South Australian Education Department Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
25 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4555, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
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7 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 4555, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
7 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 4555, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Adelaide | |
18 Sep 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 4555, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4555 awm_unit: 10 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-09-18 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Martin PICKER and Johannah nee RYAN