John William Ernest HICKS

HICKS, John William Ernest

    Service Number: 2817
    Enlisted: 4 September 1916, Enlisted at Rutherford, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 36th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Dungog, New South Wales, Australia, 1886
    Home Town: Branxton, Cessnock, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Farm Labourer
    Died: Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 22 May 1963, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Newcastle Memorial Park (fmly Beresfield Crematorium)
    Loggia area 1, Row L, Grave 107 Commemorated with a plaque in the NSW Garden of Remembrance
    Memorials: Branxton Memorial Rotunda, Clarence Town War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    4 Sep 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2817, 36th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rutherford, NSW
    25 Nov 1916: Involvement Private, 2817, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
    25 Nov 1916: Embarked Private, 2817, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney
    12 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2817, 36th Infantry Battalion, Severe wound to the left leg. Invalided to England on 22 October 1917
    21 Jun 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2817, 36th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as wounded

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of William Augustus Hicks and Alice Louisa Hicks of Clarencetown, NSW formerly of Dungog, NSW

    Commenced return to Australia on 25 November 1917 aboard HS Karoola disembarking on 10 January 1918 at Melbourne for overland travel to Sydney

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    During 1919c John married Margaret M. Macquet in Dungog, NSW

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