LEST WE FORGET

Lieutenant George PICKERING

Service No: 5158

Born: South Brisbane QLD, 4 December 1896
Enlisted in the Army: 8 December 1915
Unit: No. 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
Died: Illness (Influenza), UK, 21 November 1918, Aged 23 Years
Buried: City of London Cemetery and Crematorium, England, United Kingdom
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Frank and Anna Josephine Pickering, of “Olway,” Ashton Street Waverley, New South Wales. Born at Brisbane, Queensland
Place of Association: Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 188, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT

References:

Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record B2455, PICKERING GEORGE

Bibliography:

Muller, P. (Peter) and Hutchinson, J. (John) Secrets Revealed: a brief history of No. 3 Squadron RAAF, Lutheran Publishing House Adelaide SA 5000, 1991
Wrigley, H.N. (Henry Neilsen) (6) The Battle Below: Being the history of No. 3 Squadron AFC, Errol G. Knox Sydney NSW, 1935

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