Robert Rivers HICKS

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Service Numbers:	1588 , 1588
Enlisted:	13 September 1915, Enlisted at Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	10th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Balaklava, South Australia, 19 July 1883
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Jounalist
Died:	Perth, Western Australia, 9 October 1959, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia General area, Section AA, Grave 0024A
Memorials:

13 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1588 , 10th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Perth, WA
22 Nov 1915:	Involvement Corporal, 1588, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
22 Nov 1915:	Embarked Corporal, 1588, 10th Light Horse Regiment, RMS Mongolia, Fremantle
29 Dec 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 10th Light Horse Regiment
29 Apr 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1588 , 10th Light Horse Regiment, Wound to the right knee
13 Nov 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Reverted back to Lance Corporal on 1 January 1918
8 Apr 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1588 , 10th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of George Edward Hicks and Rose Emma Hicks nee Ware of Balaklava, SA

Husband of Lily May Hicks nee Herman of York Road, Greenmount, WA. Robert and Lily married in Perth, WA during 1915c

Commenced return to Australia on 15 February 1918 aboard HT Ulysses disembarking on 11 March 1918

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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