Brian Price WICKS

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WICKS, Brian Price

Service Number:	416815
Enlisted:	11 September 1941
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 576 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	Unley Park, South Australia, 21 July 1923
Home Town:	Unley, Unley, South Australia
Schooling:	Highgate Public School, Unley High School
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Air collision, Ulceby, England, Ulceby, North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, 16 December 1943, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Cambridge City Cemetery, United Kingdom Grave 13514.
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Black Forest Highgate Congregational Church Roll of Honour, Caboolture War Memorial, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Ulceby War Memorial

World War 2 Service

11 Sep 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 416815, Aircrew Training Units, Adelaide, South Australia
11 Sep 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 416815
16 Dec 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 416815, No. 576 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Horace Arthur and Ada Olive Wicks, of Highgate, South Australia.

HE LIVES IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE HE LOVED

Brian enjoyced Lacrosse, Tennis, Riding, Cycling and Swimming.

Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Wicks, of Cross road, Highgate, have been notified that their fourth son, Flt-Sgt. Brian Price Wicks (RAAF), lost his life as the result of an aircraft accident in Lincolnshire, England, on December 16. He was a member of the crew of a Lancaster bomber and had been on several raids over enemy territory. Three other brothers are serving in the AIF. RAAF. and RAN.

Biography contributed by John Edwards

"...416815 Aircraftman Brian Price Wicks, RAAF, (later Flight Sergeant, 576 Squadron, RAF) of Unley, SA. He was a clerk prior to enlisting in September 1941. Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Wicks was the Air Gunner on aboard Lancaster LM332 which took off from RAF Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire, on the night on 16 December 1943 for a mission over Berlin. The aircraft collided with another shortly afterward and crashed near Ulceby Lincolnshire. All on board were killed. Flt Sgt Wicks was 20 years of age." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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