PICKERING  C.

Given Names:  Charles John

               

Service Number:  3412

Unit:  6th Battalion, 11th reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  39 Yrs  10 Mths

Occupation:  Driver                                                                                                        

Marital Status:  Married

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  9 In                     

Weight:  156 Lbs

Chest:  36-38 In

Hair:  Turning Grey

Eyes:  Grey

Complexion:  Ruddy

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  17/7/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  WIFE  Mrs Carol Pickering

9 Highbury Grove, Kew, Victoria                                                                                       

Embarkation Date:  11/10/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Nestor A71

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Pakeha  

Embarked:  27/8/1917                               

Disembarked:  24/10/1917

Unit:  59th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  26/11/1917                     

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  2968

British War Medal:  22177

Victory Medal:  28043

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1876

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  Charles William PICKERING         

Mother:  Sarah Rose KNEE

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1901     

Place:             

Spouse: Carol FITZGERALD

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 8/9/1950                            

Place: Royal Park, Victoria                       

Burial:  Kew Cemetery, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

 

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary