Lawrence Francis 'Laurie' Pickup (8 March 1916 – 3 June 1942) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s.
Playing career A product of Marist Bros. Darlinghurst, New South Wales,LABOR DAILY 24 Aug 1935 (Laurie Pickup - Best and Faorest Award) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/237497864?searchTerm=laurie%20pickup&searchLimits=l-state=New+South+Wales|||l-decade=193|||l-year=1935 Pickup in the mid-1930s was a talented Eastern Suburbs 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
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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