William George HICKS

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Service Number:	272
Enlisted:	5 January 1915, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	Headquarters 2nd Anzac
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Boundary Rider
Memorials:

5 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 272, 13th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
28 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 272, 13th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
28 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 272, 13th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Persic, Melbourne
2 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, Headquarters 2nd Anzac
2 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 272, Headquarters 2nd Anzac, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to effort wyndrome

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Son of William Taylor Hicks and Nellie Hicks nee Cormick of Barkly Street, Ballarat, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 18 January 1919 aboard HT Ulysses disembarking on 10 March 1919

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