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PICTON, Edward Benjamin

Service Numbers:	207, NX12136
Enlisted:	31 October 1914, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer Class 2
Last Unit:	Railway Unit (2nd/AIF)
Born:	Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia, 23 July 1894
Home Town:	Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	"One room bush school", Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Acute pulmonary oedema, Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia, 28 January 1963, aged 68 years
Cemetery:	Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Old Section, Family Rose Garden 1, 0049
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

Peacetime

31 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Liverpool, New South Wales

World War 1 Service

20 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 207, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney
20 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 207, 7th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: ''
11 Jan 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 207, 7th Light Horse Regiment

Peacetime

30 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1

World War 2 Service

13 Apr 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, NX12136
16 Oct 1945:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, NX12136, Railway Unit (2nd/AIF)

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Biography

Wounded and taken Prisoner of War (Turkey) on 28 Mar 1918 - Repatriated (Alexandria) on 07 Nov 1918