Victor John Amos WICKERSON

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WICKERSON, Victor John Amos

Service Number:	QX27673
Enlisted:	16 February 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Nambour, Queensland, Australia, 18 January 1915
Home Town:	Gheerulla, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Tewantin, Queensland, Australia, 7 February 1995, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

16 Feb 1942:	Involvement QX27673
16 Feb 1942:	Enlisted
16 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX27673
9 Jun 1942:	Discharged

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Victor was the second 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 to raise their family. Arthur and his brother Joseph served briefly in WWI.

Victor had been a Sugar Worker in Bli Bli and a Labourer in Childers when he married Amy (Connie) Constance Pearce (b1918 at Oakey Creek near Rockhampton, QLD) in 1938 at St Matthew's in Kenilworth, QLD. In February 1942 Victor and Amy were in Gheerulla on the Sunshine Coast hinterland when Victor enlisted in the Australian Army (Private; Service No:QX27673). Victor was attached to 101 Convalescent Depot when he was Discharged in June 1942. Victor's father, uncle, brothers (Arthur and Henry) and cousin (Cliford) and brothers-in-law served in WWII.

Victor and Connie were living at Belivia near Eumundi QLD in 1943 - Victor was a Farmer. They moved around the Sunshine Coast region in the following years - living in Palmwoods, Jimna and Yandina - Victor worked as a Farm Hand, Labourer and Forestry Worker. They retired to Tewantin near Noosa on the Sunshine Coast in 1970. Victor died in 1995 and Connie in 2020.

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