Harold William HICKS

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Service Number:	5916
Enlisted:	28 February 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Australian Employment Company
Born:	Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Nambucca, Nambucca Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motor Driver
Died:	Macksville, New South Wales, Australia, 19 April 1962, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Macksville General Cemetery, New South Wales Anglican area
Memorials:

28 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5916, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
7 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 5916, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
7 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 5916, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
16 Sep 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Employment Company, From 18th Battalion
1 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5916, Australian Employment Company, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Mark Hicks and Elizabeth S.A. Hicks of Macksville, NSW

Commenced return to Australia 24 January 1919 aboard HT Delta disembarking on 3 March 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Husband of Hannah Hicks nee Bracewell of Macksville, NSW