Wickham

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Wickham is an inner suburb of Newcastle, and is located 3km from the city centre, on the  Hunter River in New South Wales. 

Wickham which was a misspelling of 'Whickham', a suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne in the north of England. It means 'village by the creek'. Wickham was proclaimed a Municipality in the NSW Government Gazette, 27 February 1871,largely by the efforts of James Hannell, who became Wickham's first mayor.

Names

Showing 8 people of interest from Wickham

HUMPHREYS, William Joseph Harold

Service number 3964
Driver
13th Field Artillery Brigade
AIF WW1
Born 26 Oct 1896

JAMES, Oliver William

Service number 1381
Lance Corporal
4th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1893

PARDEY, Harold

Service number 1761
Lance Corporal
1st Battalion Imperial Camel Corps
AIF WW1
Born Nov 1889

DOUGLASS, Andrew George

Service number 11950
Private
5th Machine Gun Battalion
AIF WW1
Born Mar 1896

WADDELL, Andrew John McArthur

Service number 16134
Private
9th Field Ambulance
AIF WW1
Born 3 Sep 1897

GAMMIDGE, James Alfred

Service number 7744
Private
4th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 31 Mar 1890

TOLL, Thorold

Service number 2695
Private
4th Machine Gun Company
AIF WW1
Born 24 Apr 1894

SEYMOUR, William Lester

Service number 2651
Private
34th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born Jan 1897

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Memorials

Showing 4 memorials of interest from Wickham

Wickham Honey Suckle Point (H.S.P.) Loco Railway Workshops Roll of Honour

Newcastle Interchange, Stewart Avenue
Wickham, Newcastle - New South Wales, Australia

Wickham Public School Great War Honour Roll

Newcastle Interchange, Platform 1, Stewart Avenue, between Beresford and Station Streets
Wickham, Newcastle - New South Wales, Australia

Wickham "Citizens of Wickham" Volunteers Honour Roll

Mayfield - Waratah RSL Sub-Branch, 48 Baker Street
Wickham, Newcastle - New South Wales, Australia

Wickham St James' Anglican Church Honour Roll

Location Unknown
Wickham, Newcastle - New South Wales, Australia

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