WICKERSON, Arthur Lawrence
| Service Numbers: | Q90744, QX62768 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 June 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 31/51 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF |
| Born: | Nambour, Queensland, Australia, 7 July 1921 |
| Home Town: | Palmwoods, Sunshine Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 10 April 2010, aged 88 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Gympie Cemetery, Qld |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 6 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q90744, 49 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
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| 25 Nov 1944: | Involvement Q90744, also QX62768 - died 10 Apr 2010 (C'Mail) | |
| 25 Nov 1944: | Involvement Private, QX62768, 31/51 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, also Q90744 - died 10 Apr 2010 (C'Mail) | |
| 25 Nov 1944: | Enlisted | |
| 25 Nov 1944: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX62768, 31/51 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF | |
| 3 Apr 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX62768, 31/51 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF | |
| 3 Apr 1946: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Johnny was the fifth of nine children of Arthur Henry Wickerson (b1891 at Maroochy River, QLD) and Kate Sarah Boyce (b1895 in Ipswich, QLD). Arthur - a Farmer - and Kate married in 1914 in Nambour QLD and settled in Bli Bli to raise their family. Arthur and his brother Joseph served briefly in WWI.
Johnny was a Labourer in Palmwoods QLD when he enlisted in the ACMF (Private; Service No:Q90744). He served with 49 Infantry Battalion (4 June 1941 to 26 November 1944) in the Torres Strait (3 February 1943 - 14 August 1945). On 25 November 1944 Johnny enlisted in the AIF (Private; Service No:QX62768), serving with 31/51 Infantry Battalion in the Solomon Islands (6 December 1944 - 15 August 1945) and Bougainville and Rabaul until January 1946. Johnny's father and uncle, brothers, cousin and brothers-in-law also served in WWII.
Discharged in April 1946, Johnny lived in Yandina and Nambour where he worked as a Labourer. He married in the 1970s and died in 2010.
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