Thomas HICKS

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Service Number:	69
Enlisted:	14 September 1914, Enlisted at sea.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Warburton, Yarra Ranges, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Tramway Employee, Bushman
Died:	Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia, 20 June 1939, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Bairnsdale Public Cemetery, Victoria
Memorials:

14 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 69, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at sea.
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 69, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 69, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
21 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 69, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shrapnel wound to the face. Evacuated to Alexandria aboard HS Galeka
17 Feb 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 69, 14th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to dilated heart

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Son of Mark Hicks and Harriett Hicks of Toorak Road, South Yarra, Victoria formerly of Ballarat, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 20 July 1915 aboard HT Hororata disembarking on 25 August 1915

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