William Summers HICKS

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Service Number:	315
Enlisted:	31 July 1915, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Port Augusta, South Australia, 7 May 1889
Home Town:	Port Augusta, Port Augusta, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motor Driver
Died:	Adelaide, South Australia, 20 June 1974, aged 85 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Cremated. Service held 22 June 1974 at Centenial Park,nSA. RSL Walls, Wall 105, Niche G008
Memorials:

31 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 315, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
9 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 315, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
9 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 315, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide
3 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 315, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Walter Hicks and Dina Hicks nee Summers of Port Augusta, SA

Commenced return to Australia on 25 March 1919 aboard HT Port Denison disembarking on the 6 May 1919

Medals British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 14 September 1922 William married Helen Mary O'Hara in the St Paul's hurch, Glen Osmond, SA