Alfred Edward PICKARD

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Service Numbers:	QX41389, Q125326
Enlisted:	11 December 1941
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	3rd later 2nd/3rd Light (later Composite) Anti Aircraft Regiment
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 23 February 1923
Home Town:	Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Injuries (Extensive Burns), New Guinea, 10 December 1943, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Number ~ Plot B. Row A. Grave 12.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Gunner, QX41389
11 Dec 1941:	Enlisted
11 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX41389
19 Oct 1942:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, Q125326, 3rd later 2nd/3rd Light (later Composite) Anti Aircraft Regiment, Transferred to the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) from the Australian Military Force (AMF) and allocated service number -QX41389. Died from extensive burns.
10 Dec 1943:	Discharged

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