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Service Number:	334
Enlisted:	21 April 1915, Enlisted at Miles, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dublin, Ireland, 1882
Home Town:	New Farm, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:

21 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 334, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Miles, QLD
24 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 334, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
24 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 334, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Brisbane
25 Jun 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 334, 26th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the forearm
11 Jun 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 334, 26th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the left foot. Invalided to England on 19 November 1918
29 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 334, 26th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of John Hicks of Bowen Terrace, New Farm, QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 12 December 1918 aboard HT Nestor disembarking on 1 February 1919

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

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