HICKS, Arthur Gerald Clifford
Service Number: | 1668 |
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Enlisted: | 10 February 1916, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
Born: | Norseman, Western Australia, 1896 |
Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Motor Mechanic |
Died: | Mount Claremont, Western Australia, 27 July 1974, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Originally buried in the Roman Catholic area, Section LA, Grave 0322. Now expired Commemorated with a plaque in the WA Garden of Remembrance |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
10 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1668, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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17 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 1668, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
17 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 1668, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Aeneas, Fremantle | |
2 Apr 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1668, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Severe wound to the left leg. On 7 April 1917 he embarked HS Princess Elizabeth for England | |
16 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1668, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Second occasion. | |
7 Oct 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1668, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to chronic otitis media |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Arthur Hicks and Rose Frederica Hicks nee Cooper of York Road, Greenmount, WA
Apprenticed to A. Hicks Motor Garage in WA
Commenced return to Australia on 21 July 1918 aboard HT Boonah disembarking on 11 September 1918
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal