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Charles Bright Gladstone RICKS

Regimental number6151
Place of birthCherry Gardens South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationMarket gardener
AddressCherry Gardens, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Eliz Ricks, Cherry Gardens, South Australia
Enlistment date2 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A19 Afric on 6 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll27th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 10 June 1918
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialDive Copse British Cemetery (Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 6), Sailly-Le-Sec, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
111
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Mary RICKS, Cherry Gardens, South Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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