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WICKS, Bert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1627 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 July 1915, Brisbane, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 14th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Oakey, Qld., 1897 |
| Home Town: | West End, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Toowoomba Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Birr Cross Roads Cemetery II B 11, Birr Cross Roads Cemetery, Flanders, Belgium |
| Tree Plaque: |
Woodford Avenue Of Honour
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| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Blackall War Memorial, Cleveland Redlands Honour Roll, Sydney (ANZ) English, Scottish and Australian Bank Great War Roll of Honour, Toowoomba Grammar School WW1 Honour Board, Toowoomba Grammar School WW1 In Memoriam Honour Board, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1627, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Brisbane, Qld. | |
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| 30 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 1627, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 1627, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney | |
| 4 Sep 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 1627, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1627 awm_unit: 14 Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-09-04 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of George Henry and Elizabeth Wicks; husband of Mrs. E. I. Wicks, of Beerburrum, Queensland
Mrs. Wicks, of Woodford, received the sad news on Saturday that her husband, Gunner Bert Wicks, had been killed in action in France. He was some time ago a clerk in the E.S. and A. Bank at Woodford.
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