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PICTON, Edward Benjamin
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 207, NX12136 |
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Enlisted: | 31 October 1914, Liverpool, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Warrant Officer Class 2 |
Last Unit: | Railway Unit (2nd/AIF) |
Born: | Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia, 23 July 1894 |
Home Town: | Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | "One room bush school", Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Acute pulmonary oedema, Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia, 28 January 1963, aged 68 years |
Cemetery: |
Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Old Section, Family Rose Garden 1, 0049 |
Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
Peacetime
31 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Liverpool, New South Wales |
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World War 1 Service
20 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 207, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney | |
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20 Dec 1914: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 207, 7th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: '' |
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11 Jan 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 207, 7th Light Horse Regiment |
Peacetime
30 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1 |
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World War 2 Service
13 Apr 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Warrant Officer Class 2, NX12136 | |
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16 Oct 1945: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Warrant Officer Class 2, NX12136, Railway Unit (2nd/AIF) |
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Wounded and taken Prisoner of War (Turkey) on 28 Mar 1918 - Repatriated (Alexandria) on 07 Nov 1918