George Leslie HICKS

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Service Number:	2155
Enlisted:	8 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Flowerdale, Victoria, Australia, 4 December 1895
Home Town:	Wedderburn, Loddon, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Contractor
Died:	Wedderburn, Victoria, Australia, 21 December 1971, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Wedderburn General Cemetery, Victoria Commemorated with a plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Flowerdale War Memorial, Hamilton Wesleyan Methodist Church Roll of Honor

8 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2155, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
15 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2155, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
15 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2155, 5th Infantry Battalion, SS Makarini, Melbourne
12 Feb 1917:	Imprisoned Captured on the Somme. Interned at Dulmen, Germany
14 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2155, 5th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of George hicks and Janet Hicks nee Heard of Kanumbra, Victoria later of Hamilton, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 2 March 1919 aboard HT Derbyshire disembarking on 22 April 1919

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1919c George married Georgina Emma May Edgar in Victoria

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