William Joynton HICKS

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HICKS, William Joynton

Service Number:	VX88921
Enlisted:	24 August 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)
Born:	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 16 August 1921
Home Town:	Traralgon, Latrobe, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer / Paper Worker, Australian Paper Manufacturers, Traralgon.
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 22 September 1943, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section B. Plot 7. Row E. Grave 7. Inscription: "PEACE PERFECT PEACE EVER REMEMBERED".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maryvale Mill Memorial Gates, Traralgon War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX88921
24 Aug 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX88921, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of William John and Delia Hicks

PEACE PERFECT PEACE EVER REMEMBERED

HICKS. — Killed in action on September 22 in New Guinea, result of enemy aicraft, VX88921 Dvr. William Joynton Hicks, aged 21, youngest son of the late Delia and William John Hicks, Pioneer, and the dearly beloved brother, of Delia, Clavis, Aurea, Belle and Jack.

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