John Hemson HICKS

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Service Number:	3169
Enlisted:	6 September 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, March 1895
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Adelaide, South Australia, 13 February 1958, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Kendrew Oval, Row 13A, Grave 22 Interred on 20 February 1958
Memorials:

6 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3169, 50th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
16 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 3169, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
16 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 3169, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Adelaide
14 Mar 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3169, 50th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit

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Residential address at the time of enlistment was Grand Coffee Palace, Adelaide, SA

Son of Walter Joseph Hicks and Ada F. Hicks of Meckering, WA

On 20 September 1919 he married Caroline Eulalia Pearson in St. Laurence Church, South Chatham, England. Vicar Thomas J. Bass officiated

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Commenced return to Australia on 2 December 1919 aboard HT Shropshire disembarking on 18 January 1920

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