George PICKERING

Regimental number38307
Date of birth13 December 1881
Place of birthHororata, Christchurch
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationEngine driver
Marital statusWidowed
Age at embarkation34
Height5' 7"
Weight168 lbs
Next of kinBrother, R Pickering, Hororata, Canterbury
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date6 October 1916
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, G Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Mokoia on 13 February 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unit2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records35
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 7), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records		Parents: William (b. Yorkshire, England) and Janet (b. Edinburgh, Scotland) Pickering, Claremont, Timaru
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 54079 Alexander PICKERING; 38306 Francis Norman PICKERING
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington 13 February 1917; disembarked Plymouth, England, 2 May 1917, and marched into Sling Camp.

Proceeded overseas to France, 6 June 1917; joined 2nd Bn, NZ Rifle Brigade, in the field, 26 June 1917, and posted to C Company.

Admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance, 1 August 1917 (pyrexia, unknown origin), and transferred to No 2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station; to 22nd General Hospital, 3 August 1917 (no further details recorded); to No 5 Convalescent Depot, 20 August 1917; to Base Depot, Etaples, 13 September 1917; rejoined unit, in the field, 8 October 1917.

Reported missing, 12 October 1917.

Now, 27 October 1917, reported 'Killed in action, 12 October 1917.'

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 55, p. 30
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 20801323