Joseph PICKERING

PICKERING, Joseph

Service Number: 3226
Enlisted: 2 August 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 8th Infantry Battalion
Born: Little Broughton, Cockermouth, England, 1890
Home Town: Steels Creek, Yarra Ranges, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Groom
Died: Killed in Action, France, 8 May 1917
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kangaroo Ground Shire of Eltham Tower of Remembrance, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Yarra Glen & District Honour Roll, Yarra Glen Avenue of Honour Monument, Yarra Glen War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

2 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3226, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne
26 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 3226, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
26 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 3226, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne
26 Jul 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3226, Gunshot wounds to the right foot and left arm
8 May 1917: Involvement Private, 3226, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3226 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-05-08

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Clement and Jane Elizabeth (Annie) Pickering of Brighton, Cumberland, England

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal