WICKERSON, Arthur Henry
| Service Number: | Q204730 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 13 April 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
| Born: | Nambour, Queensland, Australia, 18 April 1891 |
| Home Town: | Nambour, Sunshine Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mail and Bus Contractor |
| Died: | Nambour, Queensland, Australia , 24 December 1961, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Nambour Garden Cemetery, Qld |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 13 Apr 1942: | Involvement Private, Q204730, Page missing from Enlistment Register | |
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| 13 Apr 1942: | Enlisted | |
| 13 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q204730, 6th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) | |
| 19 Oct 1945: | Discharged | |
| 19 Oct 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q204730, 6th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Arthur was the sixth of nine children of Amos Edwin Wickerson (b1859 in Sussex, England) and Edith Lucy Baker (b1866 in Sussex, England). Amos - a Farm Labourer - and Edith - an unemployed Nurse's Girl -both arrived in Cooktown QLD on board the Duke of Buccleuch in 1883 and married that year in Brisbane, QLD. By 1894 Amos was a Selector at Diddillibah on the Sunshine Coast in QLD. He and Edith then moved to Bli Bli on the Sunshine Coast where Amos worked as a Labourer and then a Farmer.
In 1914, Arthur - a Carter - married Kate Sarah Boyce (b1895 in Ipswich, QLD) and in June 1916 Arthur enlisted in the AIF. He was a Private (Service No:Q9029) attached to 11 Depot Battalion when Kate wrote to the Army requesting her husband's Discharge as she was in poor health with three children under the age of four - ''' I know it is his Duty to go and fight for his country but I think that his wife and family should come first' (National Archives Australia).
Arthur returned to Bli Bli in July 1916, where he was a Farmer. By 1942 Arthur was a Mail Contractor and Bus Proprietor in Bli Bli QLD. He enlisted in the ACMF in April 1942 and was a Private (Service No:Q204730) attached to 6 Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps when he was Discharged in October 1945. Arthur's brother, three sons, three sons-in-law and a brother-in-law also served in WWII.
Arthur continued to farm at Bli Bli. He died in 1961 and Kate in 1970.