Gordon HICKSON

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Service Number:	1659
Enlisted:	8 October 1914, Broadmeadows, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Janefield, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Horsham, Wimmera, Victoria
Schooling:	Horsham State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Farrier
Died:	Died of wounds, Malta, 30 August 1915
Cemetery:	Pieta Military Cemetery Grave A. XII. 2. INSCRIPTION - THY WILL BE DONE,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

8 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1659, 7th Infantry Battalion, Broadmeadows, Vic.
19 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1659, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
19 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1659, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne
8 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1659, 7th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, BW to leg (compound fracture) sustained at Lone Pine. Evacuated to Malta, where he later died of septicaemia on 30 August 1915.

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He was 23 and the son of Caroline Hickson, of John St., Horsham, Victoria, Australia, and the late Walter Hickson.