Victor Gibson HICKS

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Service Number:	5113
Enlisted:	7 February 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Edwardstown, South Australia, 25 February 1895
Home Town:	Goodwood, Unley, South Australia
Schooling:	Sturt Street State School
Occupation:	Market Gardener
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 5 November 1916, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide Sturt Street Public School Great War Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ceduna Denial Bay and Districts WW1 Roll of Honor, Mount Compass - Nangkita Districts Honour Roll, Nailsworth Primary School Great War Roll of Honour, Unley Arch of Remembrance, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

7 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5113, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
27 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 5113, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Barambah embarkation_ship_number: A37 public_note: ''
27 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 5113, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Barambah, Melbourne
4 Oct 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 27th Infantry Battalion
5 Nov 1916:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 5113, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5113 awm_unit: 27 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-11-05

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Son of James Gibson Hicks and Elizabeth Hicks nee Rushton of Dartmouth Street, Goodwood, SA

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal