George Eaton HICKS

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Service Number:	4520
Enlisted:	1 November 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wagin, Western Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Darkan, West Arthur, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Plantagenet, Western Australia, 24 August 1970, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Allambie Park Cemetery, Albany, Western Australia Roman Catholic area, Grave 362
Memorials:

1 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4520, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
12 Feb 1916:	Involvement Private, 4520, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
12 Feb 1916:	Embarked Private, 4520, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle
22 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4520, 11th Infantry Battalion, Shrapnel wound to the leg. Transferred to England on 29 July 1916 aboard HS Marama
14 Apr 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4520, 11th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the back.
5 May 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4520, 11th Infantry Battalion, Third occasion. Wound to the buttock
30 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4520, 11th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Charles Hicks and Margaret E. Hicks of Darkan, WA

Commenced return to Australia on 1 June 1919 aboard HT Somali disembarking on 8 July 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal