Laurie Pickup

 ( 1916 Births ) 

Lawrence Francis 'Laurie' Pickup (8 March 1916 – 3 June 1942) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s.

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Playing career ||l-decade=193|||l-year=1935 Pickup in the mid-1930s was a talented Sydney Roosters junior that featured in first grade between 1938 and 1939.

Pickup played five-eighth for Eastern Suburbs in the 1938 grand final that was defeated by Canterbury-Bankstown 19–6.The encyclopedia of rugby league players / Alan Whiticker & Glen Hudson. 1995 Edition

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War service Pickup enlisted in the RAAF during World War Two in 1941. On 3 June 1942, Leading Aircraftman Pickup was killed when the Avro Anson he was flying in conducted a forced landing into the Great Australian Bight off Kangaroo Island, Australia. All 4 on board died in the crash.Lawrence Francis Pickup: World War 2 NOMINAL ROLL.http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=R&veteranId=1015084

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