Edward Howard Pickard

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BiographyOEdward Pickard enlisted on 15 September 1915 and on the 28 July 1917 he was awarded the Military Medal for "Conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty".

He remained in a destroyed gun pit,on 10th April 1917, which was under heavy fire, attending to the wounded and between 14th April and 18th April 1917 he "behaved excellently under heavy shell fire, and though himself badly shaken, remained on duty attending casualties".

He had previously "done excellent work" at Ypres and the Somme.

On the 28 September 1917 he was posthumously awarded a Bar to his Military Medal. The citation stated that on the 28th July 1917 "although severely wounded in three places, including a broken leg Pickard's first thought "was for his wounded comrades" His battery position was destroyed by enemy shell fire and one man was killed and 4 others, including Pickard, were wounded. He subsequently died of his wounds which were listed as in his arm, leg, arm and buttock.

Edward Pickard's address at the time of enlistment was given as Berowra.Age45Date of Death4 August 1917 Civil employmentPoultry FarmerRelationshipsSon of Thomas and Martha Pickard, of Dilly Brook Farm, North Bradley, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England.

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Service number10083RankPrivateRegiment4th Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical CorpsPlace of enlistmentWarwick Farm, NSWPlace of embarkmentSydney, NSW Last edited by: Neil Chippendale

Date of embarkment17 December 1915 Last edited by: Neil Chippendale

Memorial or CemeteryGodewaersvelde British Cemetery, France Last edited by: Neil Chippendale

Memorial/Cemetery Berowra War MemorialKeywordsWW1 Last edited by: Neil Chippendale

Berowra

First World War Last edited by: Neil Chippendale

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Edward Howard Pickard