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PICKERING, Arthur Joseph
| Service Number: | 2008 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | London, ENGLAND , 1887 |
| Home Town: | Glanville, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 11 August 1925, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 20 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 2008, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Adelaide | |
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| 20 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 2008, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Jul 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 27 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 50th Infantry Battalion | |
| 11 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 50th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, GSW to neck, leg and shoulder | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 2008, 50th Infantry Battalion | |
| 15 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Modbury High School
Arthur Joseph Pickering was born in 1887 in London, England. His mother, his next of kin, was called Rose Pickering and she lived in Buxton Hill England. He had grey eyes, 5.6½, fair complexion and light hair.
He was enlisted on January 12, 1915, at Oaklands South Australia to the 10th Battalion at the age of 28.
His unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on April 20, 1915. He served at Gallipoli until he was sent to hospital in Mudros due to varicose veins in November 1915.
Next year, Pickering was transferred to the 50th Battalion on February 26, 1916 and was sent to France arriving in June 1916. He was promoted to Lance Corporal on July 24, 1916, but just after 3 months, he was promoted to Temporary Corporal on the 11th September, 1916. However, his rank reverted to Lance Corporal 19th October 1916 likely due to illness because from October 1916 he spent time several weeks in hospital due to boils. Pickering was then given furlough until early February to recover. He was transferred to the 70th Battalion in March 1917. Once again he became ill, catching influenza and needed further treatment in hospital in June 1917. He proceeded overseas to France 19th September 1917 but was wounded in action with a gun shot wound to his leg on the 11th October 1917 less than a month later. After treatment he marched in to depot and completed training in Signalling. He took command at the Signal School in Feburary 1918. He qualified first class after 3 months of signal school.
He returned to Australia on January 2, 1919, after four years of hard work in the army. He died on August 11, 1925, in Cheltenham, Charles Sturt City, South Australia, Australia.