Pike, William Edward

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B.E. : Lieutenant, R.E., B.E.F., France. Being nominated for R.E. Commission as graduate and sailing in November, 1915, was gazetted 15th January, 1916, and served in France till death. Killed in Action, 31st January, 1917, and buried in Complines [Combles] Communal Cemetery Extension. University Medalist, Walter and Eliza Hall Engineering Fellow, Science Research and Peter Nicol Russell Scholar. Early education at Newtown and Burwood Public and Sydney High Schools. Later a cadet in the Tramway Department.

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Early education at Burwood Public School, Burwood, NSW, Australia
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Early education at Newtown Public School, Newtown, NSW, Australia
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Early education at Sydney Boys High School, Surry Hills, NSW, Australia
1914

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1914
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Enlisted
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Military service as Lieutenant at France --, France
1917

Pike W.E. : Death 31 Jan 1917 Killed in Action

Gender

Male

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