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HICKS, Vincent Clarence Zachary
Personal Details
Service Number: | 865 |
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Enlisted: | 16 March 1915, Enlisted at Bridgetown, WA |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Camberwell, Victoria, Australia, 1887 |
Home Town: | Bridgetown, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farm Hand |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 29 August 1918 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Name appears on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
16 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 865, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Bridgetown, WA | |
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29 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 865, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
29 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 865, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Enlisted and served as Vincent Clarence HICKS
Address at the time of enlistment was given as Bridgetown, WA
Son of Clarence Spencere Cope Hicks and Duance Encie Hicks of 'Wahroonga', Rathmines Street, Fairfield, Victoria formerly of Yilgam Street, Subiaco, WA