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HICKS, George Alfred Percival
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2682 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1915, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 6th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Kiama, New South Wales, Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Lockhart, Lockhart, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Porter |
| Died: | Albury, New South Wales , Australia , 20 August 1955, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 19 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2682, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 2682, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 2682, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 16 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 55th Infantry Battalion, From 17th Battalion | |
| 16 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Field Artillery Brigade , From 55th Battalion | |
| 27 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , From 15th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 6 Nov 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, London Gazette on 2 November 1917, page 11346, position 23 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 14 February 1918, page 285, position 122 | |
| 2 Feb 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 4 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2682, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of David Hicks and Mary Jane Hicks nee Davis of Lockhart, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 27 April 1919 board HT Runic disembarking on 11 June 1919
Medals: Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Husband of May Gibson Hicks nee Lord. George and May married during 1922c in Victoria