Laurie Pickup

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, 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.

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.

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