Ernest Edward HICKS

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Service Number:	1559
Enlisted:	6 January 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Windsor, Victoria, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	East Victoria Park, Perth, Western Australia, 27 October 1963, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Crematorium Rose Gardens, Wall M, Niche 0219
Memorials:

6 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1559, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
22 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1559, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
22 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1559, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Fremantle
4 Nov 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1559, 11th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Ernest E. Hicks and Martha W. Hicks of Melbourne, Victoria

Next of kin given as his aunt Annie Strange of Hay Street, Perth, WA

Commenced return to Australia on 15 August 1915 aboard HT Themistocles

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

During 1920c Ernest married Henrietta Walsten in Perth, WA