Alan George PICKERING

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PICKERING, Alan George

Service Numbers:	S19684, SX12502
Enlisted:	19 June 1940, Wayville, South Australia.
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Goodwood, South Australia, Australia, 18 August 1908
Home Town:	Linden Park, South Australia
Schooling:	Adelaide Technical High School, Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation:	Civil Servant - (Qualified Accountant)
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 2 December 1942, aged 34 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section B. Plot 5. Row F. Grave 19. Inscription: "LOVING HUSBAND OF GWEN FRAGRANT MEMORIES EVER CHERISHED".
Memorials:	Adelaide Technical High School Old Scholars WW2 Honour Roll, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Rose Park Congregational Church WW2 Memorial Windows

World War 2 Service

19 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S19684, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion, Wayville, South Australia.
5 May 1941:	Enlisted Wayville, SA
5 May 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, SX12502, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
2 Dec 1942:	Involvement Lieutenant, SX12502, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of John George and Lillie Adelaide Maud Pickering; husband of Gwendoline Ludlow Pickering, of Tusmore, South Australia. A.I.C.A.

LOVING HUSBAND OF GWEN FRAGRANT MEMORIES EVER CHERISHED

Lieut. A. G. Pickering
Killed in Action
Advice has been received that Lieutenant A. G. Pickering, of Linden Park, has been killed in action in New Guinea. When he enlisted in the A.I.F. more than two years ago he was secretary of the State Disabilities Committee. He was 34. He joined the Statistical Office in 1925, and later transferred to the Treasury. He was a qualified accountant. Earlier in the war he served in the Middle East. He leaves a widow, who is the daughter of Mr and Mrs. A. E. Botting, of Tusmore.

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