Oscar HICKS

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Service Numbers:	2359 , 2359, 2359A
Enlisted:	19 August 1915, Enlisted at Newcastle, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	30th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Smithtown, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Macksville, Nambucca Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Redfern, New South Wales, Australia, February 1929, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood General Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia Plot 9, Zone C, Grave 2446
Memorials:

19 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, 2359 , 30th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Newcastle, NSW
11 Mar 1916:	Involvement 2359, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
11 Mar 1916:	Embarked 2359, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Sydney
27 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2359A, 30th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Mark Hicks and Elizabeth Hicks of Macksville, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 25 March 1919 aboard HT Port Denison diembarking on 13 May 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1922c Oscar married Ethel R. Nunn in Paddington, NSW