James Gordon PICKETT

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Service Number:	479
Enlisted:	20 August 1914, Pontville, Tas.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Campbell Town, Tasmania, Australia, August 1892
Home Town:	Queenstown, West Coast, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	19 October 1975, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
Memorials:	Queenstown State School WWI Roll of Honour

20 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 479, 12th Infantry Battalion, Pontville, Tas.
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 479, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 479, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Hobart
22 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 479, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW back and arm - serious
24 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 479, 12th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , GSW arm and back severe
6 Dec 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 479, 12th Infantry Battalion, 5th MD - medically unfit

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Son of James Francis PICKETT
Of Queenstown, Tas.

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