Warwick Herbert HICKSON

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HICKSON, Warwick Herbert

Service Number:	6112
Enlisted:	19 June 1916, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Botany, New South Wales
Schooling:	Cleveland Street Public School,Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Organ builder
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 9 July 1918
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Special memorial-" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial INSCRIPTION THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

19 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6112, Sydney, New South Wales
25 Oct 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6112, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6112, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Sydney
9 Jul 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6112, 20th Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front"

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Henry and Jessie May Hickson of 'Te Aroha', 56 Daphne Street, Botany, NSW

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Prior to enlisted he served and apprenticeship with Richardson & Co., of Stanmore, NSW

Also served in the senior cadets and the Militia

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