In Memory Of

PICKBURN, WILLIAM HENRY

Service Details
Age:
 41
Date of Birth:
 1875-10-28
Rank:
 Major
Regiment:
 South African Heavy Artillery
Date of Death:
 1916-11-13
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 I. A. 67.
Cemetery:
 ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Pas de Calais
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 LG Sup 4 January 1917 pg. 262
Son of George Henry and Isabel Pickburn, of Staffordshire. Late of Brisbane, Queensland, and Witbank, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Kidsgrove, Staffordshire, England. Served with 4th Queensland Mounted Infantry in Boer War. Commemorated on father's headstone in South Brisbane Cemetery, Australia. On Cape Town "Company Gardens" Artillery Memorial