Roy Ruthven HICKS

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Service Number:	3054
Enlisted:	31 August 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	9th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Laura, South Australia, 4 December 1894
Home Town:	Lameroo, Southern Mallee, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Whyalla, South Australia, 8 April 1944, aged 49 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Whyalla Cemetery, S.A. Section A, Row 37, Grave 3. Interred on 9 April 1944. Rev. R.M. Bandt officiated
Memorials:	Laura Public School Roll of Honour

31 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3054, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
16 Jan 1917:	Involvement Private, 3054, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Bulla embarkation_ship_number: A45 public_note: ''
16 Jan 1917:	Embarked Private, 3054, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Bulla, Adelaide
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Trooper, 3054
18 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 3054, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 4th Military District

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Son of William Mantle Hicks and Isabel Hicks nee Fulton of Laura, SA

Next of kin given as his sister Charlotte (Lottie) Ann Holland of Wirrabarra, SA

Commenced return to Australia on 10 July 1919 aboard HT Oxfordshire disembarking on 19 August 1919

Medal: British War Medal, Victory Medal