Soldier profiles
Name : HICKS, HAROLD HENRY
Service Number : VX17747
Date of Birth : 27/09/1914
Place of Birth : ST ARNAUD, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : TANNER
Date of Enlistment : 30/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : NORTH FITZROY, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : HICKS, EVA
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War :
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 07/10/1940
Date Died : N/A
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6212410 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll
Background : Son of Eva Beatrice Hicks. Brother of VX19928 Joseph Ambrose Hicks.
Service & personal summary At enlistment : single. No previous military experience. At discharge : height 5 feet 5 inches, blue eyes, ruddy complexion, fair hair. Marks / scars : 2 scars outer side of left thigh, 2 scars on back, appendix scar. Full time war service : A.I.F. 30/05/1940 to 07/10/1940 which included 131 days active service (131 days within Australia). War badge no. 18513. Discharge certificate no. 15571.
Service record
30/05/1940 Taken on strength Recruit Reception Depot Caulfield, Victoria.
31/05/1940 Posted to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria.
07/10/1940 Struck off strength of 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
07/10/1940 Discharged being medically unfit for service not occasioned by his own default.
