Charles Henry HICKS

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Service Number:	2430
Enlisted:	24 June 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	57th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1898
Home Town:	North Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Wood Turner
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 12 May 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

24 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2430, 57th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
25 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 2430, 57th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
25 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 2430, 57th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne

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Son of Annie Hicks of Purcell Street, North Melbourne, Victoria

Apprenticed to Thornton & Watson of Melbourne and had served two years of the six which he was required to do

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal