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HICKS, Leslie Roy
Personal Details
| Service Number: | SX1280 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 3 November 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Lameroo, SA, 9 April 1917 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Syria, 9 June 1941, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Clare Memorial Row of Trees, Clare WW2 Memorial Gates |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Nov 1939: | Involvement Corporal, SX1280 | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
| 3 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, SX1280 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
Personal Stories
Les Hicks
Leslie Hicks was a name we all knew as we grew up, as my sister Lesley was named after him.
Les was killed in Syria and had been a great boyhood friend in Clare of my father Jack Knight and his brother Bill Knight.
To quote from a newspaper article 1942 "I must tell you and through you,the people of Clare and Districts,and parents,that we had a great cobber in the late Les Hicks of Armagh,who was killed in service.In happier days we were all together as Clare boy scouts roaming the hills and valleys of Clare"
Now that Jack and Bill have passed on we are left to carry on these Heros stories.
R I P
Submitted 23 April 2020 by Alison Kingston
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