Richard HICKS

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Service Number:	4063
Enlisted:	15 May 1916, Enlisted at Belmont, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Bunbury, Bunbury, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Teamster
Died:	Manjimup, Western Australia, 3 February 1968, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Lawn 2, Wall 1, Niche 0035
Memorials:

15 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4063, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Belmont, WA
28 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 4063, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
28 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 4063, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Fremantle
29 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4063, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Shrapnel wounds to the face and hands. Invalided to England on 3 October 1918
14 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4063, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of Richard Hicks and Maria Ann Hicks nee Tozer of Queensberry Street, South Bunbury, WA formerly of Daylesford, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 18 December 1918 aboard HT Aeneas disembarking on 27 January 1919

Medal: British War Medal, Victory Medal