Charles Hartley HICKS

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Service Number:	8890
Enlisted:	23 July 1915, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	2nd Divisional Ammunition Column
Born:	Hawker, South Australia, 19 December 1893
Home Town:	Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Electrician
Died:	Lidcombe, New South Wales, Australia, 19 June 1959, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Broken Hill Barrier District Roll of Honour

23 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 8890, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
16 Nov 1915:	Involvement Driver, 8890, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Macquarie embarkation_ship_number: A39 public_note: ''
16 Nov 1915:	Embarked Driver, 8890, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Port Macquarie, Melbourne
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Driver, 8890
31 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 8890, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, Discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit

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Son of William Spencer Hicks and Emily Hicks nee Prater of Chapel Street, Broken Hill, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 20 December 1918 aboard HT Orontes disembarking on 14 February 1919

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