John Allan Hicks

Title

Gunner

Public - Wendy - Other Relative - 23 April 2015 - Cambridge Museum (Cambridge WWI Roll of Honour)

Forenames

John Allan AWMM

Surname

Hicks AWMM

Also known as

• John Allen AWMM
• Jack
  Public - Wendy - Other Relative - 23 April 2015 - family oral history

Service number

• WWI 12/761 AWMM
• WWI 12/761A AWMM
• WWI 2/761 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Cambridge, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Mary Hicks (mother), Cambridge, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 12/761 AWMM
• WWI 12/761A AWMM
• WWI 2/761 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 8 or HMNZT 12 AWMM Vessel was Star of India or Waimana AWMM Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM Main Body AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Gunner/Military AWMM
New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM

• John Hicks was the son of Francis and Mary Hicks of Cambridge.
  
  Next of Kin: Mrs M. Hicks, Cambridge, Waikato (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM
• Born 9 April 1892
  Public - Wendy - Other Relative - 23 April 2015 - family papers and Cambridge Museum

Death

24 Oct 1918 AWMM
Age  26 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Vertigneul Churchyard, Romeries, Nord, France AWMM 9 AWMM

Memorial name

• Cambridge War Memorial, Queen Street, Cambridge, New Zealand AWMM
• Hautapu RSA Memorial 1914-1918 and 1939-1945, Leamington, Cambridge AWMM
• Cambridge Cenotaph, Victoria St, Cambridge 3434 AWMM
• Cambridge World War One War Memorials AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  http://www.cwgc.org
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16795089
  Further Reference
• Cambridge Museum Roll of Honour World War 1
  http://www.cambridgemuseum.org.nz/Military/ww1/ww1roh.htm
  Further Reference

References

• Byrne, J.R. (1922). New Zealand Artillery in the Field, 1914 - 18. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 328
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.