Ernest Thomas HICKS

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Service Number:	18010
Enlisted:	5 October 1916, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Field Ambulance
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Law Clerk
Memorials:	Hobart Roll of Honour

5 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 18010, Army Medical Corps (AIF), Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
4 Aug 1917:	Involvement Private, 18010, Army Medical Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
4 Aug 1917:	Embarked Private, 18010, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
22 Nov 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 9th Field Ambulance
2 Oct 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 18010, 9th Field Ambulance, Remained on duty
16 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 18010, 9th Field Ambulance, Discharged at the 6th Military District as medically unfit

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Son of James Hicks of Mary Street, Hobart, Tasmania

Commenced return to Australia on 7 July 1919 aboard HT Chemnitz disembarking on 1 September 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Tasmania

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal