Ernest John HICKS MM

HICKS, Ernest John

    Service Number: 2578
    Enlisted: 3 October 1916, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 40th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia, 1896
    Home Town: Latrobe, Latrobe, Tasmania
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Fireman
    Died: Tasmania, Australia, 1 January 1967, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania
    Memorials: Hobart Tasmanian Government Railways Great War Roll of Honour, Invermay Tasmanian Government Railways Great War Honour Roll, Tasmania (Launceston) Garden of Remembrance
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    World War 1 Service

    3 Oct 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2578, 40th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
    25 Oct 1916: Involvement Private, 2578, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
    25 Oct 1916: Embarked Private, 2578, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
    30 Jan 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 40th Infantry Battalion
    30 May 1918: Honoured Military Medal, On 30 April 1918 at Mourlancourt near Albert he did remarkable work while in charge of Signal Station of Battalion Headquarters. He remained at his telephone despite several men being killed around him and even after others had been ordered to another position. He maintained contact with Brigade Headquarters sending through vital information disregarding his own personal safety setting a splendid example of devotion to duty London Gazette on 16 July 1918, page 8332, position 80 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 27 November 1918, page 2264, position 116
    10 Aug 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2578, 40th Infantry Battalion, Gassed
    21 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2578, 40th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 6th Military District

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