HICKS, Walter
| Service Number: | 2187 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 March 1916, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 56th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Perthville, New South Wales, Australia, 21 May 1889 |
| Home Town: | Ardlethan, Coolamon, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carrier |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 22 August 1918, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery Plot 1, Row A, Grave 39 Rev. A. Greville officiated. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bathurst War Memorial Carillon |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2187, 56th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW | |
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| 4 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2187, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 2187, 56th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney | |
| 23 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2187, 56th Infantry Battalion, Gassed | |
| 22 Aug 1918: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 2187, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2187 awm_unit: 56th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-08-22 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Philip and Ellenora Hicks of 357 Rauken Street, Bathurst, NSW, previously of 14 Seymour Street, Bathurst
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
The local paper, Bathurst National Advocate reported during September 1918, Mrs. P. Hicks, 14 Seymour Street, Bathurst, yesterday received official information that her son, Lance-Corporal Walter Hicks, was killed in action in France on August 22. The dead soldier, who was a native of Bathurst, enlisted in Cootamundra over two years ago. Previously to meeting his death, he had been gassed. This is the second son that Mrs. Hicks has lost at the front, Private A. P. Hicks having died of wounds in May last. Another son, Private A. D. Hicks, is at present in the firing line. He was wounded about twelve months ago. Truly, the Hicks family have 'done their bit' in the way of the supreme sacrifice for the Empire, and Mrs. Hicks will have the deepest sympathy of the whole community in the loss of her two brave soldier sons."
Walter's older brother, 7000 Pte. Alfred Phillip Hicks 13th Battalion AIF, had been killed in action only a few monyhs prior, on 8 May 1918, aged 33.
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