Percy George HICKS

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Service Number:	4457
Enlisted:	28 January 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Moonee Ponds, Moonee Valley, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Prahran, Victoria, Australia, 1930, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Church of England area, Row L, Grave 1942
Memorials:

28 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4457, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
29 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4457, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
29 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4457, 22nd Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne
6 Sep 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4457, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to Bronchitis & Asthma

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Son of Marven Bryant Hicks and Mary Maria Hicks nee Jones of Parry Street, Moonee Ponds, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 5 July 1916 aboard HT Karoola disembarking on 6 August 1916

Medal: British War Medal

Applied to re-enlist in May 1917 but was cancelled due to being medically unfit having suffered an asthma attack