Richard Ernest HICKS

HICKS, Richard Ernest

    Service Number: 3332
    Enlisted: 5 August 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Gunner
    Last Unit: 14th Field Artillery Brigade
    Born: Flowerdale, Victoria, Australia, 1890
    Home Town: Hamilton, Southern Grampians, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Engineer
    Died: Killed in Action, France, 17 October 1918
    Cemetery: Serain Communal Cemetery Extension
    Row B, Grave 15. Headstone inscription reads: Until dawns light dear son goodnight Mother
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hamilton Borough of Hamilton Roll of Honour, Hamilton War Memorial, Hamilton Wesleyan Methodist Church Roll of Honor
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    World War 1 Service

    5 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3332, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    26 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 3332, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
    26 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 3332, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne
    23 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion
    17 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 14th Field Artillery Brigade
    17 Oct 1918: Involvement Gunner, 3332, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3332 awm_unit: 14 Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1918-10-17

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of George Hicks and Janet Hicks of Digby Road, South Hamilton, Victoria. Brother of George Leslie Hicks who return Australia in 1919 having been held prisoner of war in Germany

    Served a three and a half year apprenticeship with Horsham Battery Factory, Horsham, Victoria

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal issued to a Mrs. J. Green

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