Mercer Seeds HICKS

HICKS, Mercer Seeds

Service Number: 97
Enlisted: 13 November 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 41st Infantry Battalion
Born: St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 1876
Home Town: Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Traveller
Died: Queensland, Australia, 17 February 1940, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Dunwich Benevolent Asylum Cemetery, Queensland, Australia
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World War 1 Service

13 Nov 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 97, 41st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
18 May 1916: Involvement Private, 97, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
18 May 1916: Embarked Private, 97, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney
1 Dec 1917: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 97, 41st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to a hernia

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Henry Hicks of S. Kilda, Victoria

Next of kin given as his sister Henrietta Diddams of 'Hinemoa', Toowong, QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 22 July 1917 aboard HT Nestor 

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal