Francis HICKS

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Service Number:	4307
Enlisted:	23 May 1916, Enlisted at Armidale, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	39th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 1887
Home Town:	Armidale, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:

23 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4307, 29th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Armidale, NSW
3 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 4307, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
3 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 4307, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney
30 Jul 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 39th Infantry Battalion, From 29th Battalion
4 Aug 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4307, 39th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left shoulder. Transferred to England on 13 August 1917 aboard HS Grantully Castle
30 Nov 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4307, 39th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Next of kin given as his sister Muriel Wallace Hughes of Boundary Street, Wallsend, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 5 April 1918 aboard HT Borda disembarking on 1 June 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Husband of Gertrude M. Hicks of Railway Lane Wickham