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HICKS, Mercer Seeds
Personal Details
Service Number: | 97 |
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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 |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
13 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 97, 41st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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