Lyell Cameron HICKS

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Service Number:	4458
Enlisted:	2 October 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	25th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Lismore, Corangamite, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Tailor
Memorials:	McLeans Ridges Public School and District Roll of Honor

2 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4458, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
31 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4458, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
31 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4458, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney
14 Nov 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4458, 25th Infantry Battalion, Severe wound to the chest
18 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 69th Infantry Battalion (WW1), From 25th Battalion
19 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 25th Infantry Battalion, From 69th Battalion
2 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4458, 25th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the hand and invalided to England on 5 September 1918
11 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4458, 25th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Charles Hicks and Christina Hicks of Murwillumbah, NSW

Served his tailoring apprenticeship Union Tailoring Company, Murwillumbah, NSW for five years

Commenced return to Australia on 18 January 1919 aboard HT Ulysses disembarking on 4 March 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1920c Lyell married Muriel P Hennessy in Murwillumbah, NSW