Mervyn Leslie HICKS

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HICKS, Mervyn Leslie

Service Number:	297
Enlisted:	17 January 1916, B Coy
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Shenton Park, Perth, Western Australia, 14 December 1970, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
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World War 1 Service

17 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 297, 44th Infantry Battalion, B Coy
6 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 297, 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
6 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 297, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Fremantle
14 Jun 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 297, 28th Infantry Battalion, per HT Ormonde to Fremantle, WA
7 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 297, 28th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Mervyn was the second of three children of George Hicks (born 1865 in Fremantle, Western Australia) and Jane Knapp (born 1863 at Greenough in Western Australia). George and Jane married in 1889 at Fremantle, WA, where George worked as a Storeman and later Porter.

Mervyn was working as a Clerk in Fremantle when he enlisted in the AIF in January 1916, and served as a Private (Service No:297) with 44th and 28th Infantry Battalions in France. He was hospitalised with severe Trench Fever, and was Discharged in June 1919.

Returning to Fremantle, Mervyn was working as a Clerk in 1921 when he married Gladys May Fordham (born 1900 in Fremantle, WA). Mervyn and Gladys lived in Fremantle, where Mervyn worked as a Clerk before moving to Subiaco in Perth in 1930. They lived in Subiaco and Shenton Park, where Mervyn worked as a Clerk and a Buyer. He died in 1970 and Gladys in 1981.

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