Ralph Dunn HICKS

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Service Number:	6520
Enlisted:	29 May 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ryde, New South Wales, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Ryde, Ryde, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Orchardist
Died:	Wyong, New South Wales, Australia, 1970, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Wamberal Cemetery, NSW Lawn 2, Row !, Grave 32
Memorials:

29 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6520, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
7 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6520, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
7 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6520, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
5 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6520, 1st Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left arm. Transferred to England aboard HS Peter de Aurich
29 Dec 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6520, 1st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of Jabez James Hicks and Annie Elizabeth Hicks nee Dunn of Wicks Road, Ryde, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 27 September 1917 aboard HT Suevic disembarking on 20 November 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1919c Ralph married Florence Hester Pamer in Ryde, NSW