John Gordon HICKS

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Service Number:	4160
Enlisted:	17 September 1917, Enlisted at Katoomba, NSW
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	12th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, 1898
Home Town:	Lismore, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 9 February 1981, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Buderim Lawn Cemetery - Crematorium & Memorial Gardens
Memorials:	Glen Oak Memorial Gates

17 Sep 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4160, 14th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Katoomba, NSW
24 Sep 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Trooper, 14th Light Horse Regiment
16 Nov 1917:	Embarked Private, 4160, 14th Light Horse Regiment, SS Canberra, Sydney
16 Nov 1917:	Involvement Private, 4160, 14th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Canberra embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
19 May 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 4th Light Horse Regiment
29 May 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 12th Light Horse Regiment
9 Mar 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 4160, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of John Gordon Hicks and Ann Catherine Hicks nee Mulvena of Ballina Road, Lismore, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 20 July 1919 aboard HT Morvada disembarking on 28 August 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1937c John married Elsie Prudence Pearl Ede nee Adams in Lismore, NSW