WICKHAM, Edwin Charles

WICKHAM, Edwin Charles – A Southern Downs Veteran

CONFLICT : Vietnam
SERVICE NO : 1203032
RANK : Sapper
UNIT : Royal Australian Engineers
ENLISTMENT DATE : 6/01/1970
AGE : 19
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT : Brisbane, Queensland
PLACE OF BIRTH : Warwick, Queensland
RELIGION : Church of England
OCCUPATION : Trainee Agronomist
DATE OF DEATH : N/A
PLACE OF BURIAL : N/A

MEMORIALS : Karara and District Vietnam Honour Roll

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NOTES : Edwin’s parents were Charles Robert and Gwendolyn Andree Wickham of Aubynlea, Karara.

He served in 1st Field Squadron in Vietnam from 10 December 1970 to 9 December 1971, before being discharged from the Army on 5 January 1973.

Other members of his family to serve in the Australian Defence Force were Gilbert Percy Wickham 3752 WWI and Q226793 WWII, Hector Reginald Wickham 414114 Killed in Action, John Walter Wickham Q7290, his grandfather William Edmund Harrison MM 86 and his father Charles Robert Wickham Q226794.

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