Charles Gilbert Birkett PICKERING

PICKERING, Charles Gilbert Birkett

Service Number: 4816
Enlisted: 6 January 1916
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 19th Infantry Battalion
Born: Rockhampton, Queensland, 4 November 1898
Home Town: Balmain, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling: Birchgrove Public School
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Killed in Action, France, 14 November 1916, aged 18 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

6 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4816, 19th Infantry Battalion
13 Apr 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4816, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
13 Apr 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4816, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
14 Nov 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4816, 19th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17

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Biography

As with many young men of his time he did not tell the truth about his age. Barely 17 at time of enlistment, he died 10 days after his 18th birthday.

The Red Cross records show it would have been a very quick death.