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HICKS, Percy
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 924 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 December 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Bodmin, Cornwall, England, 29 April 1890 |
| Home Town: | Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 924, 1st Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 10 Apr 1915: | Embarked Sapper, 924, 1st Field Company Engineers, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
| 10 Apr 1915: | Involvement Sapper, 924, 1st Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 22 May 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Field Company Engineers | |
| 21 Apr 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1st Field Company Engineers | |
| 12 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Field Company Engineers, Returned to duty the same day | |
| 3 Oct 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1st Field Company Engineers | |
| 28 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 924, 1st Field Company Engineers, Discharged in London, unit demobilised |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Address at the time of enlistment was 'Madeley', Park Road, Marrickville, NSW
Son of Maria Hicks of Castle Street, Bodmin, Cornwall, England
Apprenticed to C. Ham of Bodmin, Cornwall for six and a half years
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1932c Percy married Ivy P. Hills in Inverall, NSW