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Hector Richard HICKS

Regimental number2178
Place of birthCarag Carag, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationShoer
AddressRushworth, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, T Hicks, Stanhope Road, Rushworth, Victoria
Enlistment date22 April 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name8th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/25/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on 17 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll8th Battalion
FateDied of disease; secondary fate: DOW 20 August 1915
Date of death20 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records18
Place of burialPieta Military Cemetery (Plot A, Row X, Grave No. 6), Europe
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
53
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Ellen HICKS

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