WICKHAM, Gilbert Percy

WICKHAM, Gilbert Percy – A Southern Downs Veteran

CONFLICT : WW1
SERVICE NO : 3752
RANK : Lance Corporal
UNIT : 9th Battalion
ENLISTMENT DATE : 11/04/1917
AGE : 29
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT : Toowoomba, Queensland
PLACE OF BIRTH : Warwick, Queensland
RELIGION : Church of England
OCCUPATION : Grazier
DATE OF DEATH : 31/03/1976
PLACE OF BURIAL : Warwick, Queensland

MEMORIALS : Karara and District Honour Roll 1914-1919, Karara and District Honour Roll 1914-1918 and 1939-1945, Greymare and District Honour Roll 1914-1918 and 1939-1945, Warwick St Mark’s Anglican Church Honour Roll

View this person’s Service File : WICKHAM, Gilbert Percy

NOTES : Gilbert Percy Wickham was the son of George Izzard and Eva Kate Wickham of Greymare.

In 1918 while fighting overseas, he received shell wounds to both of his legs. Upon his return home to Australia, he married Lena Wickham.

Other members of his family to serve in the Australian Defence Force were Hector Reginald Wickham 414114 Killed in Action, John Walter Wickham Q7290, Charles Robert Wickham Q226794 and Edwin Charles Wickham 1203032.

Read about Southern Downs Military History here.