WICKERSON, Henry Mervyn
| Service Numbers: | Q204793, QP30139, QX501594 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 August 1943 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Nambour, Queensland, Australia, 15 July 1925 |
| Home Town: | Bli Bli, Sunshine Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Bli Bli State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Cane Cutter |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 29 October 1988, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Albany Creek Memorial Park-Cemetery & Crematorium, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, Q204793, Page missing from Enlistment Register | |
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| 2 Aug 1943: | Involvement QP30139, Q204793, QX501594 & 1459 (NAAQ film) | |
| 2 Aug 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q204793 | |
| 19 Oct 1945: | Discharged | |
| 19 Oct 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q204793 | |
| 2 Apr 1947: | Involvement QX501594, also Q204793, QP30139 & 1459; Served - MALAYA |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Billy was the sixth 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 at Bli Bli on the Sunshine Coast where they raised their family. Arthur and his brother Joseph served briefly in WWI.
Billy was a Cane Cutter at Bli Bli when he enlisted in the ACMF in August 1943. He served (Private; Service No:Q204793) with the Volunteer Defence Corps (QLD) and was Discharged in October 1945. Billy's father, uncle, two brothers, cousin and three brothers-in-law also served in WWII.
In 1945 Billy married Joyce Elizabeth Sibbald and renlisted with the Regular Army. He and his family lived in Singleton in 1949 and moved around QLD on postings - Brisbane, Stanthorpe, Townsville whilst Billy was a Soldier. He was Discharged in 1970 and he and Joyce settled in Brisbane, where Billy worked as a Weight Inspector. Billy died in 1998.
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