Regimental number | 68 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Lanefield near Ipswich, Queensland |
Place of birth | Rosewood, Queensland |
Other Names | PICKELS |
School | Attended different school, but trained at Ashwell School |
Other training | Teacher, Queensland Education Department for 11 years. |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Farm labourer |
Address | Pinelands, Crows Nest, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 29 |
Height | 5' 6" |
Weight | 121 lbs |
Next of kin | Sister, Mrs W McNicol, Memerambi, Kingaroy Line, Queensland |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Sydney, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Driver |
Unit name | 1st Field Ambulance (Army Medical Corps) Section A |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board A14 Euripides on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Driver |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Field Artillery Brigade |
Fate | Died of disease |
Place of death or wounding | Heliopolis, Egypt |
Age at death | 30 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 30 |
Place of burial | Cairo War Memorial Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 185), Egypt |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 183 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: James and Frances PICKLES, Lanefield, Queensland |
Other details |
War service: Egypt Died of pneumonia, 25 March 1915. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, PICKLES Edwin |