HICKS, Frederick Allan Anthony
| Service Number: | V502360 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 October 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Training Battalion |
| Born: | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, 25 September 1922 |
| Home Town: | Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Storeman |
| Died: | St Kilda, Victoria, Australia , 7 September 1977, aged 54 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Public unmarked. |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 6 Oct 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V502360 | |
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| 8 Oct 1942: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V502360, 6th Infantry Training Battalion | |
| 1 Mar 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V502360 |
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HICKS, Frederick Allan Anthony ‘Fred’. V502360 Private, 6th Training Battalion.
Frederick Allan Anthony Hicks was born on the 25 September 1922 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. The son of Percy George Oswald Hicks, a labourer, and Julia Eileen Whitty, he was named after his uncle who was killed in action at Gallipoli.
Early in Frederick’s childhood, his mother passed away in 1924, leaving behind Frederick, his sister Honorah and his father who was invalided following service in the Great War. The family moved from Wagga Wagga to Melbourne where tragedy stuck yet again – Percy died in 1930, leaving Honorah and Frederick orphans. Raised by family, Frederick was working as a storeman when World War II broke out. Living in North Fitzroy, Victoria, he enlisted on the 24 September 1942 aged 20 years. Classed as medically unfit for overseas service as he was deaf in his left ear, Frederick served with the 6th Training Battalion stationed in Watsonia, Victoria. Over the next few months, he had a few instances of being AWL for which he was punished quite severely. In November of that year he spent a month at the cooking and catering school, probably to train as a messman.
Frederick’s time in the army was cut short however, as he was classified as medically unfit for further service on the 16 February 1943. He was discharged on the 2 March 1943 having served 148 days in the army.
Following the war, Frederick worked as a cleaner living in Melbourne. He died in St Kilda, in September 1977 and was buried in an unmarked public grave at Springvale Botanical Cemetery.
He was survived by his sister Honorah. Frederick never married.
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