James Ernest HICKS
Year of Birth: 1909
Place of Birth: London, England
Date of Enlistment: 13 January 1942, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Australian Defence Force: Australian Imperial Force
Rank: Staff- Sergeant
Unit(s): Torres Strait Light Battalion, Australian Infantry
Service Number: QX28436
Died: 23 January 1944
Age: 35 years
Buried: Cairns War Cemetery – Plot A – Row B – Grave 19
James Ernest Hicks was born 19 January 1909 in London to Charles Ernest and Florence Elizabeth (Dawson) Hicks .
He enlisted in Toowoomba Queensland and his next of kin was Florence Hicks. He married Florence Ilma Hackwood in 1942.
Staff-Sergeant James Hicks died from illness.
James Ernest Hicks’s name is on Warwick Roll of Honour board and also located at panel 76 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Online Resources
NAA: B883, (HICKS James Ernest) National Archives of Australia
Department Veterans’ Affairs Nominal Roll
National Library of Australia: Trove Digitised Newspapers
Queensland Registrar of Births Deaths & Marriages
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