George Thomas WICKS

WICKS, George Thomas

    Service Number: 3319
    Enlisted: 8 July 1915, Bendigo, Vic.
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 4th Division Headquarters
    Born: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1887
    Home Town: Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Farm Laborer
    Died: Died of wounds, Dickebusch, Belgium, 29 September 1917
    Cemetery: The Huts Cemetery, ​Dickebusch, Belgium
    The Huts Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor
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    World War 1 Service

    8 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 3319, 6th Field Company Engineers, Bendigo, Vic.
    24 Nov 1915: Involvement Driver, 3319, 6th Field Company Engineers, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
    24 Nov 1915: Embarked Driver, 3319, 6th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
    6 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 4th Division Headquarters, Engineers (as Groom to Capt. A H Dow). Egypt
    20 Apr 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4th Division Headquarters, Engineers. France
    28 Sep 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3319, 4th Division Headquarters, Third Ypres, Bomb wounds to abdomen caused by German air attack on 4th Div HQ billets at Dickebusch. Evacuated to 3rd Aust Field Ambulance, where he died of his wounds the next day 29 September 1917.
    29 Sep 1917: Involvement Lance Corporal, 3319, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3319 awm_unit: 4th Australian Divisional Engineers awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-09-29

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    Biography contributed by Robert Wight

    L Cpl 3319 George Wicks was wounded at Dickebusch, Belgium (Bomb wounds to abdomen) as a result of a direct hit by a bomb dropped during a German air attack on 4th Div HQ billets situated there.

    He was evacuated to 3rd Aust Field Ambulance, also situated near Dickebusch, where he died of his wounds the next day 29 September 1917.

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