Richard Edwards HICKS

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HICKS, Richard Edwards

Service Number:	7252
Enlisted:	17 January 1917, Enlisted at Maitland, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Windsor, New South Wales, Australia, 1887
Home Town:	Cessnock, Cessnock, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Wheeler
Died:	Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia, 1956, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Newcastle Memorial Park (fmly Beresfield Crematorium) Columbarium, Row B, Niche 16
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

17 Jan 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7252, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Maitland, NSW
7 Feb 1917:	Involvement Private, 7252, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
7 Feb 1917:	Embarked Private, 7252, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney

Vietnam War Service

28 Dec 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7252, 13th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to pulmonary plathesis

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Edward Hicks and Phoebe Rose Hicks of Windsor, NSW

Husband of Edith Ann Hicks nee Davies of Dallagars Estate, Eraldine Street, Cessnock, NSW. Richard and Edith married during 1912c in Kurri Kurri, NSW. Father of Richard Edward Hicks and Myrtle Catherine Hicks

Commenced return to Australia on 26 September 1917 aboard HT Borda disembarking on 22 November 1917

Medals: British War Medal

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