Reginald Frank HICKS

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Service Number:	5350
Enlisted:	2 March 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Alderminster, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England, 1889
Home Town:	Ryde, Ryde, New South Wales
Schooling:	Alderminster Church School, Warwickshire, England
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Wounds, 53rd Casualty Clearing Station, France, 2 September 1918
Cemetery:	Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, France Plot 1V, Row F, Grave 12. Headstone inscription says:- Until the day breaks and the shadows flee away
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

2 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5350, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW

22 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 5350, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
22 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 5350, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney
29 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5350, 20th Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the lumber region

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Addess at the time of enlistment was Carrington Avenue, Ryde, NSW

Son of Frederick Hicks and Harriet Hicks of Alderminster Street, Stratford-on-Avon, England

Apprenticed to J.R. West in England

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal