HICKS, Bert Baden
| Service Number: | WX5124 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | General Hospitals - WW2 |
| Born: | Fremantle, Western Australia, 18 August 1900 |
| Home Town: | Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Fremantle, Western Australia, 10 April 1969, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 23 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX5124, General Hospitals - WW2 | |
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| 10 Feb 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX5124, Middle East | |
| 9 Feb 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX5124, ex Suez per Mt Vernon | |
| 1 Aug 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX5124, General Hospitals - WW2 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Bert Baden Hicks (Service No:WX5124) enlisted in the Australian Army on 23 July 1940 and served twelve months (February 1941 - February 1942) in the Middle East with 2nd Echelon. Private Hicks served with 2/13 Field Ambulance and 2 Australian General Hospital and was Discharged on 1 August 1943.
The youngest of eight children, Bert was born in 1900 in Fremantle WA to John Hicks (b1861 in Fremantle WA) and Elizabeth Mary Devereaux (b1871 in Guildford, WA). John (a WA Government Railways Worker) and Elizabeth married in 1887 in Guildford WA and settled in Fremantle where they raised their family and John worked for WAGR.
Bert worked as a Labourer in Fremantle WA and in 1928 married Irene Blanche Garth (b1907 in Fremantle, WA). Bert and Irene settled in Fremantle where Bert worked as a Labourer and, following his Discharge, as a Tramways Worker and Driver. Bert died in 1969 and Irene in 1996.
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