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Service Number:	879
Enlisted:	31 January 1916, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Depot Units of Supply
Born:	Mount Usher, Queensland, Australia, 3 August 1895
Home Town:	Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 11 February 1959, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	North Rockhampton Cemetery, Qld Church of England area 4, Row 13, Grave 49
Memorials:

31 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 879, 41st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD
18 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 879, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
18 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 879, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney
6 Apr 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 879, 41st Infantry Battalion, Multiple wound to the legs, shoulder and scalp. Transferred to England on 23 April 1917
29 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 879, 41st Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the left hand
20 Oct 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Depot Units of Supply, From 41st Battalion
16 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 879, Depot Units of Supply, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit

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Son of William Billin Hick and Ann Hick nee McEwen of Yeppoon Crossing, Rockhampton, QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 11 May 1919 aboard HT Zealandia disembarking on 1 July 1919 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 22 November 1922 James married Dulcie Pansy Hart in QLD