Albert HICKS

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Service Number:	5354
Enlisted:	1 April 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Auburn, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Machine Rigger
Died:	Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia, 1959, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Roman Catholic area, Compartment k, Section 4, Grave 11. Interred on the 10 February 1959
Memorials:

1 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5354, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
28 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 5354, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
28 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 5354, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
2 Dec 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 21st Infantry Battalion, In France
18 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5354, 21st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of James John Hicks and Rosanna Hicks nee Tugnett of Hawthorn, Victoria

Husband of Lena Hicks nee Crump of Roseberry Street, Auburn, Victoria. Albert and Lena married during 1907c in Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 10 December 1918 aboard HT Somali disebarking on 8 February 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal