Thomas Henry HICKS

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Service Numbers:	6403 , 6403
Enlisted:	13 October 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, 3 May 1895
Home Town:	Cudgera Creek, Tweed, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 7 July 1976, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Nudgee Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane 9A-351 Interred on 8 July 1976
Memorials:	Burringbar War Memorial

13 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6403 , 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
23 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 6403, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
23 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 6403, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney
20 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6403, 26th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left arm
8 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6403, 26th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Shrapnel wounds to the arm and left leg causing severe anemia.
19 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6403, 26th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Hamilton Herbert Hicks and Eliza Jane Hicks nee Withers of Cudgera, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 18 December 1918 aboard HT Aenaes disembarking on 5 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 21 June 1924 Thomas married Rose Gertrude Gaughan in QLD. In 1940 he was living in Paddington, QLD