HICKS, Edgar Paul
| Service Number: | 1228 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 January 1916, Enlisted at Casula, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Northfield, Birmingham, England, July 1888 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Motor Mechanic & Chauffeur |
| Died: | Harborne, Staffordhire, England, 17 December 1965, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 1228, Mining Corps, Enlisted at Casula, NSW | |
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| 20 Feb 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 1228, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 1228, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 1228, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 1228, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 1228, Mining Corps, Wounds to the thigh and face | |
| 18 Dec 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), From Mining Corps | |
| 22 Jun 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 1228, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to phthisis |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Paul Hick and Louisa Hicks nee Parry of High Street, Birmingham, England
At the time of enlisting his postal address was Tintern Road, Ashfield, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 10 March 1918 aboard HT Durham Castle then transhipped to HT Orontes at on 19 April 1918 at Capetown, South Africa
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1920c Edgar married Gertrude Williams in Hurstville, NSW Gertrude later died in 1927c in Waratah, NSW
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From McGregor Colwell
Spr Edgar Paul Hicks 1228, 3 TUN. COY.
I've had this Victory Medal from my first few years of collecting, unfortunately it's only on its own. I don't know what medals this Warrior was entitled to but here is his Service number and details.
One guy from another group I am on told me, that it's written in documents about the Australian Tunneling Company, that 1228 E.P. Hicks: that "he was WOUNDED in hand-to-hand fighting when he came across against GERMAN IMPERIAL FORCES underground in a TUNNEL."
I contacted some group in Australia about 20 years ago when I first got this medal. They told me either he or his Mother was originally from Birmingham, England. Maybe someone on here might know.
A medal to a Tunnelling Company, is as rare as hens teeth.
1228 SPR. E. P. HICKS.
3 TUN. COY.
A. I. F.
AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCES.
From Digger cobber Pierre Seillier
He was wounded at Fromelles, the 3rd Australian Tunneling Company fought in the sector of the Rhonda Sapp on the Sugar Loaf salient on 19/20 July 1916. For those who have an interest on the battle of Fromelles it is a treasure..
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