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PICKETT, Alfred William
| Service Numbers: | 1702, VP7553 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 January 1915, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Campbell Town, Tasmania, Australia, 29 September 1893 |
| Home Town: | Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Injuries, Australia, 19 April 1944, aged 50 years |
| Cemetery: |
Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT C D 6 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1702, 7th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 14 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1702, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 14 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1702, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Warrant Officer, 1702, 7th Infantry Battalion |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Captain, VP7553 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Husband of Frances May PICKETT nee CLARKE
Of 42 Garfield St, Launceston, Tasmania
OBITUARY
Capt (Temp-Maj) A. W. Pickett, who died from injuries received in a road accident in Northern Territory on April 19, was well known in Melbourne in military and Masonic circles. In the last war he served with 7th Battalion, A.I.F, and was wounded on Gallipoli. Returning to his unit, he fought in France until gassed on Christmas Day, 1917, and after passing through PT school at Aldershot again rejoined his unit. He remained in England on demobilisation duties, and returned to Australia in October, 1919.
Early in 1920 he was appointed to the Permanent Forces (AIC), and served at Horsham, Hamilton, Adelaide (SA), and with MUR, Royal Melbourne, Victorian Scottish, and City of Geelong regiments, and at Victoria Barracks as BSM. He was commissioned on November 1, 1938, and returned to Geelong as adjutant and QM. He went to NT with a Victorian infantry battalion, and was appointed camp commandant. At the time of his death he was an area commandant. He is survived by a widow and two daughters, who live at Geelong.
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Major Alfred William Pickett VP7553 of ACMF Area Camp Staff, Australian Headquarters
Son of John Francis James Pickett and Margaret Elizabeth Pickett
Husband of Frances Mary Pickett of Geelong, Victoria
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