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HICKS, William James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 288 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 January 1915, Enlisted at Ayr, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 11th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, 9 October 1884 |
| Home Town: | Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 6 July 1938, aged 53 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 288, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Ayr, QLD | |
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| 2 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 288, 11th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 288, 11th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Borda, Brisbane | |
| 29 Aug 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 5th Light Horse Regiment, From 11th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 22 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 11th Light Horse Regiment, From 5th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 4 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 288, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Accidental wound to a finger on the right hand. Charged with negligence | |
| 11 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 288, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 1st Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Edwin Faulkner Hicks and Agnes Hicks nee Gallagher of Charters Towers, QLD
Next of kin given as his brother David Walter Hicks of Cassidy Lane, Charters Towere, QLD
Commenced return to Australia on 4 March 1919 aboard HT Port Sydney disembarking on 24 April 1919
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal