George Bambary HICKS

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Service Number:	6816A
Enlisted:	21 September 1917, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Macleay River, New South Wales, Australia, 28 September 1887
Home Town:	Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Parkville, Victoria, Australia, October 1968, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Footscray Cemetery, Victoria Church of England area E, Grave 177. Interred on 31 October 1968
Memorials:

21 Sep 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6816A, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
21 Nov 1917:	Involvement Private, 6816A, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
21 Nov 1917:	Embarked Private, 6816A, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
12 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6816A, 24th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left shoulder. Invalided to England on 22 August 1918
20 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6816A, 24th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of Walker Hicks and Sarah Jane Hicks of Macleay River, NSW

Husband of Agnes Bambary HIcks nee Power of Geelong Road, Footscray, Victoria. George and Agnes married during 1911c in Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 18 December 1918 aboard HT Aeneas disembarking on 5 February 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal