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HICKS, Wilfred Augustus
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 777 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 7 March 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Fielding, New Zealand, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed In Action, France, 26 July 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sunken Road Cemetery, Contalmaison |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 777, 17th Infantry Battalion | |
|---|---|---|
| 12 May 1915: | Involvement Driver, 777, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 12 May 1915: | Embarked Driver, 777, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney |
Personal Stories
Hicks Family connection
I was recently attending a Carthew (my maternal Grandmothers) family reunion in Fielding New Zealand and noticed one of the ANZAC Day representative grave markers in the Fielding Square was for a W A HICKS 777 and as my fraternal Grandfather Edward Hicks was born in Fielding and had 6 Brothers I was guessing Wilfred would be a blood relative. Now I have some additional information from this site I can research deeper to have this verified.
Warwick Hicks.
Submitted 18 May 2025 by Warwick Hicks
Biography contributed by VWM Australia
Enlisted and served under alias FRASER, Wilfred Augustus