PICKERING, Wilfred Percival
| Service Number: | V26576 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 January 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Stawell, Victoria, Australia, 29 October 1915 |
| Home Town: | Murtoa, Yarriambiack, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer (State Rivers) |
| Died: | Murtoa, Vicoria, Victoria, Australia, 1 December 1977, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Murtoa Cemetery, Murtoa, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 1 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V26576 | |
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| 19 Mar 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V26576, embarked Townsville for Bougainville on board the Fairisle | |
| 29 Nov 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V26576, embarked Bougainville for Brisbane | |
| 5 Dec 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V26576 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Younger of the two brothers (Norman and Wilfred) who served in WWII, Private Wilfred Percival Pickering (Service No:V26576) enlisted in the ACMF on 1 January 1941, and was attached to 19 and 26 Machine Gun Regiments before marching out to New Guinea Details Depot. Private Pickering was attached to 113 Australian General Transport (AGT) Coy on 19 March 1945 when he embarked with his Unit from Townsville for Bougainville on board the Fairisle. Embarking from Bougainville for Brisbane on 29 November 1945, Private Pickering was attached to 70 Transport Platoon at Discharge on 5 December 1945.
Born in Stawell, Victoria in 1915, Will was second of nine children of Francis (Frank) John Pickering (b1885 in Stawell, Victoria) and Hannah Jane Williams (b1892 in Stawell, Victoria). Frank worked as a Labourer at Fyan's Creek via Stawell until he and Hannah married in 1913 in Stawell, where they settled and raised their family and Frank worked as a Labourer. In the mid 1920s Frank and Hannah moved their family to Murtoa, where Frank worked as a Carpenter and later as a Water Ranger.
Will was working in Murtoa as a Labourer for State Rivers in 1940 before enlisting in the Army in January 1941. Following his Discharge from the Army, Will worked in Minyip as a Farm Hand, and in 1950 in Waracknabeal married Eileen Mary Rowe (b1913 in Murota, Victoria). Will and Eileen settled at Duck Swamp via Minyip where they raised their family and were Farmers until retiring to Murtoa. Will died in 1977 and Eileen in 2006.
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