Charles Thomas HICKS

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Service Number:	3963
Enlisted:	28 December 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Alexandria, New South Wales, Australia, 30 July 1882
Home Town:	Mount Lawley, Vincent, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bootmaker
Died:	Bayswater, Western Australia, 21 March 1960, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Ashes scattered over gardens at Karrakatta Cemetery
Memorials:	East Victoria Park Memorial Wall, Victoria Park War Memorial

28 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3963, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
12 Feb 1916:	Involvement Private, 3963, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
12 Feb 1916:	Embarked Private, 3963, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle
2 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), From 28th Battalion
5 Feb 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
17 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3963, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the 5th Military District

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Son of Edward Hicks and Susan Hicks of Alexandria, NSW

Husband of Margaret F. Hicks of Zebina Road, Mount Lawley, WA. Charles and Margaret married during 1914c in WA

Commenced return to Australia 19 April 1919 aboard HT Marathon disembarking on 21 May 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal