PICKERING, Arthur James
| Service Number: | 5432 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 December 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Islington, London, England, 9 February 1895 |
| Home Town: | Camperdown, Inner West, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Atley Road Primary School |
| Occupation: | Clerk/Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 6 August 1916, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave - Killed on the Albert Road near Fromelles, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5432, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 9 Apr 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5432, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Apr 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5432, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Sydney | |
| 20 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 6 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5432, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5432 awm_unit: 45 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-06 |
Arthur James Pickering
Arthur Pickering was born 9th January 1895 in Islington, London. He was my Great Uncle and ,as a child, I used to hear my Grandma (his sister) talk sadly about how he emigrated to Australia and then got killed in the First World War. He was 19 when he emigrated and he was described as a 'farmer' which is unusual for a Londoner. His father was a watchmaker and a jeweller and they lived at Brockley Rise, Forest Hill, London over the shop , which I can remember as a child. When he was little he went to Atley Road Primary School and he left school at about 15 and became a junior clerk. Australia was to be a big adventure and he came to live in Camperdown, Missenden Road, New South Wales . After about a year in New South Wales he signed up for the AIF and a year later he was dead, killed by German fire on the Albert Road.
Submitted 8 March 2016 by Jane Johnson